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Rust College

150 Rust Ave., Holly Springs, MS, USA
Telephone: (662) 252-8000

Latitude & Longitude: 34° 46' 27.4764", -89° 26' 48.9228"
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Established 1866 as Shaw University for the education of freed slaves by Mississippi Methodists in the Freedman's aid society. Renamed 1890 to honor Richard Sutton Rust, Methodist clergymen, educator and abolitionist.

Last updated: 6/17/2009 10:15:00

 
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