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Shaw's influence and graduates across professions in the South
The article extols Shaw University and its colored graduates who have risen to prominence in education, medicine, law, ministry, and public service. It highlights alumni leadership in North Carolina schools, the military medical corps, and denominational work, noting coeducation at Estey Seminary and Estey Hall for colored women. It also mentions missionary work in Africa and the Congo, and praises the institution for producing responsible, law-abiding citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
J.O. Crosby
State Agricultural and Mechanical College
E. E. Smith
Liberia
H. P. Cheatham
Congress
Orphan Asylum
Oxford
Southland
A. W. Benson
Atlanta
Virginia Board of Examiners
Virginia Board of Medical Examiners
C. KR. Alexander
Lynchburg
Petersburg
United States Infantry
Virginia
North Carolina
Estey Seminary
Estey
West Indies
Africa
Central
South America
Missionary Hayes
Lulu C. Fleming
Congo