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Founded in 1900 by the North Mississippi Baptist Educational Convention, the Baptist Industrial College was the first school in De Soto County to offer instruction through grade twelve to African Americans and one of the earliest private schools for African Americans in north Mississippi. Subjects taught included grammar, music, printing, industrial arts, and religion. A weekly newspaper, the New Era, was published as part of the curriculum. The school closed in 1960.
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