Fanny Jackson Coppin, née Fanny Marion Jackson (born 1837, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died Jan. 21, 1913, Philadelphia, Pa.), American educator and missionary whose innovations as head principal of the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia included a practice-teaching system and an elaborate industrial-training department. Born a slave, Fanny Jackson was bought into freedom by an aunt while still a small girl. She determined to get […]
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