Rare 1973 PINEY WOODS Mississippi Black African American Boys School Glass Tray
Rare piece of Mississippi history, a glass tray advertising Piney Woods School in Piney Woods, Miss. Piney Woods is an all boys, all black, segregated Christian boarding school. It is the largest school of it's kind in the United States. The tray shows the history of the location of the school in pictures. It was 1st used as a slave cabin prior to the Civil War and the site became the location of the school in 1909, when founder Laurence C. Jones, an AA from Iowa founded the school there. The Mississippi Blind School for Negros was added on site in the 1920s. This tray shows it's history up until 1973. Piney Woods is located in southern Rankin County. Piney Woods School was 64 years old when this tray was made, and it remains a boarding school serving young black males today, 50 years later. It is the 2nd oldest, continually-operated AA boarding school in the US. The tray is about 7" x 9". Rare find. Same or next day shipping. lgodg
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Rare piece of Mississippi history, a glass tray advertising Piney Woods School in Piney Woods, Miss. Piney Woods is an all boys, all black, segregated Christian boarding school. It is the largest school of it’s kind in the United States. The tray shows the history of the location of the school in pictures. It was 1st used as a slave cabin prior to the Civil War and the site became the location of the school in 1909, when founder Laurence C. Jones, an AA from Iowa founded the school there. The Mississippi Blind School for Negros was added on site in the 1920s. This tray shows it’s history up until 1973. Piney Woods is located in southern Rankin County. Piney Woods School was 64 years old when this tray was made, and it remains a boarding school serving young black males today, 50 years later. It is the 2nd oldest, continually-operated AA boarding school in the US. The tray is about 7″ x 9″. Rare find. Same or next day shipping. lgodg
