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Joseph N. Crooms
1880–1957
United States
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Joseph Nathaniel Crooms, also known as J. N. Crooms, (June 17, 1880 - March 14, 1957) was an African American principal and educator in Florida. He established two schools for African American students in Seminole County, the first being Hopper Academy and the second being Crooms Academy in Goldsboro (now part of Sanford), Florida, in 1926. Crooms Academy was the first four-year high school for African Americans in Seminole County, Florida.
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