John Baptist Lafargue
John Baptist Lafargue (June 1864 - ?) was an educator[1] and editor in Louisiana.[2]
He studied at a school established with support from the Peabody Educational Fund.[3]
He founded Peabody Industrial School[4] and was the principal of the Peabody Training School in Alexandria.[5] He organized the Colored Teachers Association in Louisiana in 1901.[6] He was state secretary of the CFA.[7] He edited The Banner newspaper in Alexandria, Louisiana.[8]
He married Sarah C. B. Mayo.[9]
There is a J. B. Lafargue Special Education Center in Rapides.
References
- ^ "JB Lafargue - educator in Louisiana". The Town Talk. 23 February 1997. p. 27. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ Mather, Frank Lincoln (April 19, 1915). "Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent ; Vol. 1" – via Google Books.
- ^ Saucier, Corinne L. (April 19, 1943). History of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. ISBN 9781455605798 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Peabody High School, Alexandria, LA". 9 August 2019.
- ^ Fairclough, Adam (March 1999). Race & Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972. ISBN 9780820321189.
- ^ Robertson, Minns Sledge (1952). "Public Education in Louisiana After 1898".
- ^ Barnes, Donna A. (May 18, 2011). The Louisiana Populist Movement, 1881-1900. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807139356 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Negro Year Book and Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro". Monroe N. Work. April 19, 1912 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mather, Frank Lincoln (1915). "Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent ; Vol. 1".