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The Beda-Etta College, also known as Beda-Etta Business College, was a private business-focused
junior college A junior college (sometimes referred to colloquially as a juco, JuCo or JC) is a post-secondary educational institution offering vocational training designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations and workers in su ...
and commercial
high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood of
Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...
active from 1921 to 1955.


History

The Beda-Etta College was founded and operated by Minnie Lee Smith, a public school teacher, who named it for her two deceased sisters, and who paid for it with her own money. The school mainly taught courses to students of color related to business and commerce before offering a wider range of subjects. The school was said to be the first business school in Georgia, and its courses ("typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, and banking") were taken by "many of Macon's future black leaders". Smith died in 1956 and is buried at Linwood Cemetery in Macon. The
Tubman African American Museum The Tubman Museum, formerly known as the "Tubman African American Museum", is located in Macon, Georgia, USA. It is located in the city's museum district near the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. History Location F ...
has the school's 1923 cornerstone.


References

{{Reflist Defunct schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Schools in Macon County, Georgia Universities and colleges established in 1921 Educational institutions disestablished in 1955 Junior colleges in Georgia (U.S. state)