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Cooper Institute

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Founded here in 1865 by Rev. J.L. Cooper as Spring Hill Male & Female Institute, the school was renamed Cooper Institute in 1873 and was among the first coeducational schools in Mississippi. Rev. Cooper was elected to the Mississippi Hall of Fame.
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