George Campbell and Lewis Adams played pivotal roles in the establishment of Tuskegee Institute. Campbell, a white educator, was instrumental in securing funding and support for the institution, leveraging his connections to advocate for African American education. Lewis Adams, a former slave and a prominent African American leader, worked tirelessly to promote the need for a vocational school for Black students, ultimately helping to convince the state legislature to fund the school. Their collaboration combined advocacy, vision, and practical support, laying the foundation for Tuskegee's enduring legacy.
Campbell W. Adams was born in 1852.
George Adams - optician - was born in 1750.
George E. Adams died in 1917.
George Adams - magistrate - was born in 1804.
Sir Adams George Archibald was born on May 3, 1814.
There are three people that are credited with being the founders of the Tuskegee Institute. The three founders are Booker T. Washington, Lewis Adams, and George Washington Carver.
The "Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute"(founded in 1881), later becoming the Tuskegee Institute University. The college was actually established through the efforts of a former slave named, Lewis Adams, and a former slaveowner named, George W. Campbell.
Campbell W. Adams was born in 1852.
Campbell W. Adams died in 1930.
Hunter Campbell Adams
The Tuskegee Institute was officially opened on July 4, 1881. Its head and only teacher at the time was Booker T. Washington. General Samuel C. Armstrong, head of the Hampton Institute, where Washington formerly taught, recommended him to establish the school to two Alabama men interested in creating the institute - George W. Campbell (a white man and ex-slaveholder) and Lewis Adams (a black man and ex-slave). On the opening day, thirty students reported to Tuskegee for admission.
George Gammon Adams was born in 1821.
George Adams - optician - was born in 1750.
George Adams - optician - died in 1795.
George Matthew Adams was born in 1878.
George E. Adams was born in 1840.
George E. Adams died in 1917.