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Lucy Craft Laney
American educator
Lucy Craft Laney (April 13, 1854 – October 23, 1933)[1] was an American educator who in 1883 founded the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia.
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She was principal for 50 years of the Haines Institute for Industrial and Normal Education.
Early life
Lucy Craft Laney was born free on April 13, 1854, in Macon, Georgia, 11 years before slavery was abolished by constitutional amendment after the end of the Civil War.
She was the seventh of 10 children born to Louisa and David Laney, free people who were both formerly enslaved. Her father had saved enough money to buy his freedom and that of his wife about 20 years before Lucy's birth.[1] Both her parents were strong believers in education and were very giving to strangers; this upbringing would strongly influence Laney in her life.[2]
At the time of her birth it was illegal in Georgia for black people to learn to read.
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