Southern Christian Institute was a

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...

for African American students in

Edwards, Mississippi Edwards is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,034 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 1,347 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson Ja ...

. In 1954 it merged with

Tougaloo College Tougaloo College is a private historically black college in the Tougaloo area of Jackson, Mississippi. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It was originally established in 1869 by New Yo ...

. SCI was added to the

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in 2007. It was established by Christian organizations for the education of African Americans in the South after the American Civil War. Joel Baer Lehman served as president of the school from 1890 to 1933. An all class reunion was held in 1979. The school site has served various other purposes since the school closed. A 1924 / 1925 school catalogue is extant.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=mss-mississippi-school-catalogs

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Defunct schools in Mississippi Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Hinds County, Mississippi Tougaloo College Educational institutions disestablished in 1954 African-American history of Mississippi Schools in Hinds County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-school-stub