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James H. Dillard

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in 1928, for "his success in increasing county training schools for Negroes from four to more than three hundred, with increased public appropriations from a little more than $ 3,000 to $ 1,000,000 annually."
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Dillard married Mary Harmanson on July 5, 1882; they had six children. After her death, he married Avarene Lippincott Budd, with whom Dillard had four children. Son
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This article is about the New Orleans educator. For the former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, see
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and held a variety of teaching positions. In 1891, Dillard was named a professor at
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from 1970 to 1979. James Hardy Dillard died on August 2, 1940, in his home in
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in 1907, leading it until 1931. In 1910, he became director of the
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for black citizens. He left Tulane to become director of the
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There, he became increasingly active in advocating for
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Jim Dillard

Nansemond County, Virginia
Charlottesville
Virginia
Washington and Lee University
Tulane University
New Orleans
Louisiana
black
Jeanes Fund
Slater Fund
black colleges
Dillard University

Dillard's house
Nansemond County, Virginia
Washington and Lee University
Norfolk
Norfolk Academy
Mary Institute
Washington University in St. Louis
Missouri
Hardy Cross Dillard
International Court of Justice
Charlottesville
James H. Dillard House
National Historic Landmark
Fort Lauderdale
Dillard High School

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