Joseph Corbin was a prominent black teacher, editor and one of the highest-ranking Black officials in Arkansas Reconstruction. Corbin was born in Chillicothe, Ohio and because blacks were not allowed to attend public schools, his parents educated him at fee-paying institutions. He attended Ohio University at Athens where he graduated in 1853. He went on […]
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