Lucy Craft Laney

Deceased Person

1854 – 1933

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Who was Lucy Craft Laney?

Lucy Craft Laney was an early African American educator who established a school for African American children in Augusta, Georgia. Jimmy Carter selected her portrait to hang in the Georgia State Capitol.

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Born
Apr 13, 1854
Macon
Religion
  • Presbyterianism
Education
  • Clark Atlanta University
  • University of Chicago
  • South Carolina State University
  • Lincoln University
Lived in
  • Macon
Died
Oct 24, 1933

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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