Lincoln Institute
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This postcard shows Lincoln Institute near Simpsonville in Shelby County. Lincoln Institute was established as an African American higher education alternative when Berea College was segregated by the Day Law in 1904. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: For Mountain Youth
For Mountain Youth
Historical Marker #773 in Madison County noted the location of Berea College, a school founded in 1855 by abolitionist John G. Fee. It was replaced by marker #2429 in 2014.
In 1853, Kentucky emancipationist Cassius Marcellus Clay invited…