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enrollment grew to about 250 by 1887. From 1875 until 1883 he was the only teacher at the school. Corbin was principal of the school until 1902 and valued the schools commitment to the land-grant mission, although in the 1890s, against the wishes of Corbin, the school moved toward the
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state legislature. This investigation was in contrast to another investigation in 1891 which found Corbin to be very successful and respected. It has been suggested that the negative report was related to Corbin's support of
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Post Office and in 1873 the state superintendent of public schools which he served for two years, defeating Thomas Smith for the position. By virtue of his position, he also served as the second president of the
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Smith, C. Calvin, and Linda Walls
Jackson. Educating the masses: The unfolding history of Black school administrators in Arkansas, 1900-2000. University of Arkansas Press, 2005. p15
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campus, to run the new programs. Corbin was not happy with the effort, because agriculture did not offer his students many opportunities for upward mobility.
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William. Town and country: race relations and urban development in Arkansas 1865-1905. University of Arkansas Press, 1978. p176
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Anthony, ed. Africana: The encyclopedia of the African and African American experience. Oxford University Press, 2005. p235
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Taylor, Henry Louis. Race and the city: Work, community, and protest in
Cincinnati, 1820-1970. University of Illinois Press, 1993. p78-79
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