Eastman Business College is a business school located in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA.
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History
The college was founded in 1859 by Harvey G. Eastman, and for that time one of the largest commercial schools in the United States.
Rather than simply being a theoretical school, students gain practical experience in the business arts by actually performing the tasks expected of them in their career work, new approaches at the time.
Catalog 1898 Eastman Business College and its affiliated school, New York Business Institute, states, "These schools do not accept students from the Negro Races".
In 1905 S. V. Daniels, a 17-year-old boy from St. Petersburg. Thomas, resigned from the main campus following a petition of 160 southern students who claimed he was partly of African descent, and transferred to Harlem branch.
The college closed on June 10, 1931.
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Famous Alumni
References
Further reading
- "Daniels Leaves College", Washington Post , April 18, 1905
- Brief History of Eastman Business College , 1875
External links
- Museum Office
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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