Industrious Students

ID: 862 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Fred R. Gildersleeve
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Industrious Students

Paul Quinn initially provided its African American students with vocational training in areas such as blacksmithing, carpentry, tanning, and saddlery.

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By Brandice Nelson
Paul Quinn College is the oldest historically black college in Texas. Though it is no longer located in Waco, it remains an important part of the city’s history as the “Athens on the Brazos.” In 1872 the African Methodist Episcopalian Church…