Crooms Collection

Item set

Title

Crooms Collection

Description

The Joseph Nathaniel Crooms Papers consist of documents related to Crooms Academy named for J.N. Crooms, whose parents were slaves on a Tallahassee area plantation, and who, along with his wife, Wealthy Mabel Crooms, started the school Crooms Academy and were its first principal and assistant principal respectively. The Crooms Academy began operation in 1920 and until 1970, the Crooms Academy during the same time Bethune Academy was established. Mr. Crooms worked with Mary McLeod Bethune as members of the Welricha Corp., which owned a beach front motel and restaurant on Bethune-Volusia Beach, as well as the Florida Negro Teachers Association. By the advent of his death, Mr. Crooms was considered a pioneer for black education in the state of Florida.

Physical Location

Crooms Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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Debunking a Modern Educational Myth

An undated article arguing for the continued education of Latin in schools, citing statements from multiple academics around the country
Governors of Florida

This undated clipping lists the governors of Florida in chronological order, from its acquisition in 1821 to the administration of Fred P. Cone, ending in 1941
Crooms Academy, Sanford, to Entertain State Teachers

This undated clipping announces the forty-ninth session of the Florida State Teachers Association at Crooms Academy, as well as a list of guest speakers
Teacher Meet

This undated clipping announces the semi-annual meeting of teachers from Orange, Seminole, Brevard, Osceola, and Volusia counties at Crooms Academy, as well as a list of guest speakers
Principals for Seminole Named By School Board

This clipping describes the decisions of the Seminole County School Board regarding principals of all the schools in the county, including the decision to retire J. N Crooms, principal of Crooms Academy
Open Letter by Dr. E. H. Miller to The Dallas Morning News

This undated clipping is from The Dallas Morning News. It features an open letter by a professor of French named E. H. Miller, arguing that African Americans "should follow [the] lead of Booker T. Washington" and not "agitate" so much against segregation, followed by a "common sense" defense of the institution.
Negro School Site Dispute Scope Widens

This undated clipping describes the legal fight beginning to develop as the Orlando City Commission meets the Orange County school board to discuss the contentious site for a new high school for African Americans, as the school board seems to be keeping firm on locating it in a site where citizens don't want it. A local committee of African American citizens have retained two lawyers from Tampa to pressure the school board to build the school closer to a segregated housing project on Gore Avenue.
Maryland U. Bars Negro Law Student

The undated clipping is from an unknown newspaper, but describes how the Dean of the Law School for the University of Maryland has begun defending Donald G. Murray, an African American student who was denied admittance to the law school. Murray was also defended by Thurgood Marshall, and his case, Murray v. Pearson, lasted from 1935-1937
Program for Ella Hogan Funeral Service

A program for the funeral service of Ella Hogan, held at St. Paul Baptist Church
Program for Tharon White Funeral Service

A program for the funeral service of Tharon White, held at St. Paul Baptist Church