12/26/2023 0 Comments Rust college![]() The young institution would subsequently be named Shaw University in his honor. Shaw who donated $10,000 (about $197,500 in 2022 value) for the purpose. The funding for the building was provided by Reverend S.O. Not long after, ground was broken on what would become the first building which opened in 1869. In 1868, the school was taken under the control of the Freedman’s Aid Society outright and a parcel of land at the current location was purchased for the construction of the institution’s first building. It was meant to be a school at all levels (primary, secondary, and post-secondary) and most of its initial students were at the primary level. There was no name to the nascent institution at this point. The local leader of the Freedman’s Aid Society, Reverend Albert Collier McDonald began as the sole instructor and president, taught the first classes in the Ashbury Methodist Episcopal Church in Holly Springs. Rust College was founded by members of the Freedman’s Aid Society, a supported group of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and local African American preacher Moses Adams on November 24, 1866. I visited Rust the same day in late May that I visited MIC and although it was not the first time I was on the campus it was the first time I took photos. Rust College is located in the small community of Holly Springs, MS, directly across the street from my last entry Mississippi Industrial College (MIC). Today’s post is another HBCU that is close to my home in the Memphis area.
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