She remained a significant member on the Manassas Industrial School's board throughout this period of time. Howland ended up being an important check against Oswald Garrison Villard's plans to make the school more like other more famous industrial schools.
http://mason.gmu.edu/~goberle/final/emilyhowland.html
Ruffner School was constructed in 1872. Source: Prince William Library - RELIC Room, Postcard CollectionPublic schools were formally segregated in Prince William from 1869-1961. The first high school for blacks was Manassas Industrial School. It was a private school created by Jennie Dean.
http://historicprincewilliam.org/county-history/schools/
Many students remembered Dean fondly and they left the Manassas Industrial School and became successful. Stephen J. Lewis wrote a book a biography about Dean in 1942 after he became a successful dentist. This is still the main work that describes Dean's life. There is much uncertainty regarding Dean's own literacy.
http://mason.gmu.edu/~goberle/final/jenniedean.html
Emily Howland (1827-1929) Abolitionist. Emily Howland was an important contributor to the Manassas Industrial School. Emily Howland was born on a farm near the village of Sherwood in New York.Emily's parents were abolitionists before the Civil War and their home occasionally served as a way station for escaped slaves seeking sanctuary in Canada.
http://mason.gmu.edu/~goberle/final/emilyhowland.html
Jennie Serepta Dean (1848–1913) Manassas. Educator. Born enslaved in Loudoun County, Jennie Serepta Dean (April 15, 1848May 3, 1913) became involved with education at about the age of 30 when she founded a Sunday school in Prince William County. From there she established more religious schools, several of which grew into church congregations.
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/smw/2013/honoree.htm?bio=dean
Miss Bailey’s (now Mrs. Berry) vacancy was finally filled by Mrs. Bessie Loving White at the. request of Mr. George C. Round who, in his capacity as trustee of the Manassas Industrial. School, was familiar with her ten year record of teaching at that school.
http://www.pwcvirginia.com/documents/BROWNSCHOOL.pdf
Prince William County, led by George C. Round in Manassas, started its first free public school in 1869, a year before the state required it. Local families, plus a contribution from the Peabody Fund started by a Massachusetts philantropist. The first school met at Asbury Methodist Church on West Street.
http://historicprincewilliam.org/county-history/schools/
Then, for about two decades beginning in 1938, the Manassas Industrial School formally became the only school for higher education of African American students in five northern Virginia counties (Prince William, Fairfax, Arlington, Loudoun and Fauquier).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manassas_Industrial_School_for_Colored_Youth
The Manassas Industrial School closed in 1959, as Massive Resistance finally collapsed and the segregated facility was no longer needed. The Manassas Industrial School buildings were demolished, and new elementary school with ball fields and park facilities constructed nearby. A series of historic markers was erected on the property, and the site landscaped. Recently discovered (September, 2015) is the class roster for 1927.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manassas_Industrial_School_for_Colored_Youth
Manassas and it served as the feeder school for the Manassas Industrial School. It also served as. the center of the black community in the large area of the county for eighty-three years. The early history of the Brown School is a checkered one. In 1893, the Manassas School Board.
http://www.pwcvirginia.com/documents/BROWNSCHOOL.pdf
when did manassas industrial school close
Manassas industrial school was close in 1959. The Manassas Industrial School closed in 1959.