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Penn Center (Saint Helena Island, South Carolina)

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302:, an abolitionist missionary from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a school for the freed slaves, which was named for William Penn, Quaker champion for human liberty and founder of Pennsylvania. For many years the work was financed by Philadelphia Quaker abolitionists. Ellen Murray, a Quaker teacher, joined her in the work. Charlotte Forten, born into a wealthy free black family in Philadelphia, joined them as the school's first black teacher. The Brick Church was used as an early meeting, educational, and administrative space, and the school's first dedicated educational building was constructed in 1864, from prefabricated parts shipped from Pennsylvania. The school remained an active educational institution, under the leadership of Rossa Cooley and Grace House, for the island's population until 1948, when the state took over public education on the island. The institution then became the Penn Center, with directors including 825: 801: 813: 70: 1205: 87: 112: 2203: 1849: 119: 94: 1212: 777: 765: 789: 1855: 325:
and his staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference held retreats here in the 1960s. Gantt Cottage, on the Penn Campus, was where Dr. King stayed. A Retreat Center on the water was planned as a safer place for Dr. King to stay, but it was not completed before his death in 1968. It was,
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The Penn Center is located about one mile south of Frogmore on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The 47-acre (19 ha) campus is divided by the road, and includes a number of historic buildings related to the original function as a school, including classrooms, living spaces for students,
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forces quickly captured Saint Helena Island, prompting the local plantation owners to flee. The military administration of the island partitioned the old plantations, giving the land to the former slaves who lived there. The Penn School was established in 1862 by
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Penn Center played an important part in the civil rights movement, as one of the few places in the Jim Crow south where interracial groups could meet.
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teachers, and administrators. The oldest building on the campus is the 1855 Brick Church, built by the plantation owners of the island.
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in January 2017. In 2019, it became the Reconstruction Era National Historic Park, along with Fort Sumter.
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slaves freed after plantation owners fled the island, and continues to fulfill an educational mission.
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Penn Center Historic District / Penn School
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specifically for the education of African-Americans. It provided critical educational facilities to
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and bearing the inscription "Proclaim Liberty". The bell is now on display at Penn Center's museum.
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Martin Luther King, Jr., The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Penn Center 1964-1967.
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stayed at Gantt Cottage as he visited Penn Center for meetings and there wrote his "
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in 1974. Darrah Hall and Brick Baptist Church on the campus were declared part of
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Official website of the Penn Center, St. Helena Island, South Carolina
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Penn Center Historic District, Beaufort County (St. Helena Island)
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Penn Center Historic District. (n.d.). Penn Center Walking Tour.
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Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science Southeast Region.
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National Archives and Records Administration. (2017).
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Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1965 and 1974
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photographed students and activities at the school.
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Penn School Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District

Penn Center (Saint Helena Island, South Carolina) is located in South Carolina
Penn Center (Saint Helena Island, South Carolina) is located in the United States
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
32°23′18″N 80°34′31″W / 32.38830°N 80.57530°W / 32.38830; -80.57530
74001824
Corners Community
Saint Helena Island
Pennsylvania
Southern United States
Gullah
Leigh Richmond Miner
National Historic Landmark District
Reconstruction Era National Monument
American Civil War
Union Army
Laura Matilda Towne
Howard Kester
Emory Campbell
Reconstruction Era National Monument
National Historic Park
Martin Luther King
Andrew Young
James Bevel
Septima Clark
James McBride Dabbs
Esau Jenkins

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