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Photograph of teachers and school children gathered outside the Knox Institute in Athens, Georgia in the 1920s. The Knox Institute was founded in 1868 in Athens, which became a center for African American secondary education after the Civil War. Located at the corner of Reese and Pope streets, the prestigious private school offered academic and industrial instruction. The school closed in 1928, and the structure no longer exists.
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  1. African American Men
  2. African American School Children
  3. African American Schools
  4. African American Teachers
  5. African American Women
  6. African American Women Teachers
  7. African Americans
  8. Athens
  9. Athens (Ga.)
  10. Buildings
  11. Buildings, Structures, Etc
  12. Fences
  13. Georgia
  14. Knox Institute And Industrial School
  15. Men
  16. Private Schools
  17. School Buildings
  18. Schools
  19. Teachers
  20. Women
  21. Women Teachers
  22. Wooden Fences

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