New York State Colonization Society - Booker Washington Institute of Liberia
Scope and Contents
The Booker Washington Institute was administered by the New York State Colonization Society. Earlier name was Booker Washington
Agricultural and Industrial Institute of Liberia, Inc. The Institute had its beginnings in 1928. The school was located at Kakata, near the Firestone rubber plantation. Wood was elected to the Board of Trustees of NYSCS in 1947; he provided legal assistance to the Society.
[see "The politics of miseducation: the Booker Washington Institute of Liberia, 1929-1984," by Donald Spivey, T166 L7 S74 1986]
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