Creation of the first school for free black children in Washington, D.C.
Alethia Tanner, née Alethia "Lethe" Browning, (c. 1781–1864) was an American educator and a leader in the African American community of Washington, D.C. in the early nineteenth century. She purchased the freedom of 18 enslaved people and helped create The Bell School, the first school for free black children in Washington, D.C.
AlethiaTanner, née Alethia "Lethe" Browning, (c. 1781–1864) was an American educator and a leader in the African American community of Washington, D...
Streets NE, closed since August 2019, reopened as part of construction of AlethiaTanner Park. The trail in that block had always hugged the outside of the parcel...
activists such as: Moses Liverpool, Nicholas Franklin, Thomas Smallwood, AlethiaTanner and Sophia Bell. "The Smallwoods and Shiners were neighbors and almost...
school until 1839. Throughout its operation, the school was always full. AlethiaTanner "The First Colored Public School". National Republican. Washington,...
Fitch. The couple also had an elder daughter, Pearl (born 1875/1877). Alethia's parents never seemed to have married, as 23-year-old Ms. Davidsen was...
Wales. Barry Merton Purdon – For service to the community of Bathurst. Alethia Josephine Quick – For service to floral art organisations, and to the community...
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