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Archie Ebenezer Perkins (June 21, 1879 – April 19, 1946) was an African American teacher, principal, and author in Mississippi and Louisiana who wrote about subjects related to Black people in the United States. He wrote for periodicals and had several books published.

Perkins was born and raised in Smithdale, Mississippi. He graduated from Alcorn University (now Alcorn State University) near Lorman, Mississippi; he received a Master's degree from New Orleans University; and an LLD degree from Wilberforce University in Ohio. He was principal of the Danneel Negro School. He arranged for musical performances at Danneel Elementary.

Legacy

In 1953, Perkins Primary School, a newly constructed school for African Americans in Biloxi, Mississippi, was named after him.

Writings

• Negro Spirituals from the Far South (1922)
• A Resumé of Negro Congressmen's Office-Holding
• Who's Who in Colored Louisiana (1930), editor
• Riddles from Negro School-children in New Orleans, LA (1932)
• Genealogy of the Perkins Family (1944)

References

1. ^ Lemco, Amy (2023-09-11). Wading In: Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-4968-4717-1.
2. "Alcorn Alumni To Meet at College May 26". The Mississippi Enterprise. May 25, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-06 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Obituary via Findagrave
4. Lemco, Amy (2023-09-11). Wading In: Desegregation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-4968-4717-1.
5. Kennedy, Al (20 October 2005). Chord Changes on the Chalkboard: How Public School Teachers Shaped Jazz and the Music of New Orleans. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461657460.
6. "New Colored School Will Be After Dr. Perkins". Sun Herald. 1953-07-29. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
7. "Biloxi Schools 1950-1959". The Biloxi Schools – 1924-2001 (PDF).
8. Negro Spirituals from the Far South. Columbia Univ., Department of Anthropology. 1922.
9. A Resumé of Negro Congressmen's Office-holding. A.E. and J.E. Perkins. 1944.
10. Perkins, Archie Ebenezer (November 6, 1930). "Who's who in colored Louisiana, 1930;". Baton Rouge, La., Douglas Loan Co – via Internet Archive.
11. Perkins, Archie Ebenezer (1922). Riddles from Negro School-children in New Orleans, LA.
12. Perkins, Archie Ebenezer (1944). The Perkins Family.

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• 1879 births
• 1946 deaths
• 20th-century African-American educators