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George R. Smith College was a historically blackcollege located in Sedalia, Missouri
The institution was associated with the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society of the Methodist Church and played an important role in the lives of young people for several decades.
The building was completed in 1882. The college operated from 1894 until it burned down in April 26, 1925.
Noteable people who attended the college:
Myrtle Craig Mowbray, first African American woman to graduate from Michigan State University in 1907.
Scott Joplin, ragtime music piano composer.
Arthur Msrshall, ragtime composer and contemporary of Scott Joplin.
Homer G. Phillip, prominent lawyer and civil rights advocate.
T. Manuel Smith, president of the National Medical Association. (1942 to 1943)
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