Central Alabama Institute

Central Alabama Institute was a school for African Americans in Alabama. It was established as Rust Normal Institute, a school to train African American teachers in Alabama[1] in 1872.[2] It opened in Huntsville, Alabama in 1878.[3] It became Central Alabama Academy in 1890. In 1904 it moved to Mason City on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama.[3] In 1922 its main building and other structures were struck by fire. It was not rebuilt or reopened.[3] The school was affiliated with the Methodist Church.[4]

H.H. Sutton was one of its principals. Alexander P. Camphor was president from 1908 until 1916.[5] In 1916, J. B. F. Shaw was president.[6][7] R. N. Brooks also served as principal of the school.[8]

Jay Samuel Stowell wrote about the school.[9]

Margaret Walker née Alexander was born on the campus where her father Rev. Sigismund Walker taught.[10]

Alumni

References
  1. Murphy, Larry G.; Melton, J. Gordon; Ward, Gary L. (November 20, 2013). Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Routledge. ISBN 9781135513382 – via Google Books.
  2. Richardson, Clement (June 25, 1919). "The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race". National publishing Company, Incorporated – via Google Books.
  3. Jr, Wilson Fallin (September 6, 2017). The African American Church in Birmingham, Alabama, 1815-1963: A Shelter in the Storm. Routledge. ISBN 9781351629287 – via Google Books.
  4. Education, United States Bureau of (June 25, 1884). "Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  5. "Clipped From The New York Age". December 20, 1919. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
  6. "Clipped From The Montgomery Advertiser". August 18, 1916. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
  7. Baker, Webster B. (June 25, 1924). "History of Rust College". The Author – via Google Books.
  8. Stowell, Jay S. (June 25, 2010). Methodist Adventures in Negro Education. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781105140426 – via Google Books.
  9. "Jay S. Stowell (Jay Samuel), 1883-1966. Methodist Adventures in Negro Education".
  10. https://guides.library.harvard.edu/schlesinger_bwohp/biographies
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