Green Pinckney Russell
Green Pinckney Russell | |
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Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons | |
| Spouse | Lida E. Willis[1] |
| Children | 2[1] |
Green Pinckney Russell (1861/1863–1939),
Biography
Green Pinckney Russell was born on December 25 on either 1861 or 1863 in Logan County, Kentucky.[2][1] He attended public schools in Russellville, Kentucky.[1]
Russell graduated from Berea College (1885), and Wilberforce University (1913).[3]
He was the principal of "Colored School No. 1." (later known as Russell School) in Lexington, Kentucky.[1] In 1895, Colored School No. 1, was renamed the Russell School by the mayor H. C. Duncan of the Lexington.[4]
Russell was the first "Supervisor of Negro Schools" in Lexington from 1896 to 1912.[3] He was twice president of Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons (now Kentucky State University) from 1912 to 1923, and from 1924 to 1929.[5][6][7]
Russell lived in Frankfort for many years.[1] He died on October 18, 1936, in Waukegan, Illinois, and is buried at Cove Haven Cemetery (formerly Greenwood Cemetery) in Lexington.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Mather, Frank Lincoln (1915). Who's Who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent; Vol. 1. p. 236.
- ^ S2CID 143448048.
- ^ a b c "Russell, Green Pinckney". Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA), University of Kentucky Libraries, University of Kentucky.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Russell School". National Park Service. April 5, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2023. With accompanying pictures
- ISBN 978-0-313-23257-2.
- ISBN 978-1-64802-395-8.
- ISBN 978-0-916968-21-2.
- ISBN 978-0-8131-6067-2.
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