Draft:Sumner Normal School
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Sumner Normal School (1890{{cn}}-1954) was established in St. Louis, Missouri to train black teachers. In 1929, its name was changed to Stowe Teachers College (Harriet Beecher Stowe Teachers College).
Florence Beatty-Brown was a Sociology professor at the college.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=florence+beatty+brown&pg=PA683|title=The Crisis|first=The Crisis Publishing Company|last=Inc|date=December 12, 1951|publisher=The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
History
A Normal School was added to Sumner High School in 1890.{{cite web | url=https://dynamic.stlouis-mo.gov/history/eventdetail.cfm?Master_ID=423 | title=St. Louis Historic Preservation }}
In its early years it was known as the Cottage Avenue School and was on Cottage and Pendleton.{{Cite web|url=https://aaregistry.org/story/charles-sumner-h-s-opens-in-st-louis/|title=Charles Sumner High School (St. Louis), Opens|website=African American Registry}}
According to a campus history page posted for Harris-Stowe State College, its name was changed in 1929 to Stowe Teachers College, after author Harriet Beecher Stowe whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin promoted the abolitionist cause in the antebellum United States. Harris-Stowe State College has records related to the school.https://www.worldcat.org/title/70965194
The school closed in 1954 in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education{{Cite web|url=https://theclio.com/entry/97543|title=Sumner High School (Second Location)|website=Clio}} and was consolidated into Harris State College. After activism, the college was renamed Harris-Stowe College in the late 1970s to recognize the history of Stowe Teachers College.{{Cite web|url=https://showmemo.org/collection/cheer-sweater/|title=Harris-Stowe University Cheer Uniform}}
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:This draft is in progress as of May 12, 2023.