Joseph Carter Corbin: Educator Extraordinaire and Founder of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff - Finney, Gladys Turner
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"Having operated now for more than 140 years, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was founded in 1875 as Branch Normal College by Joseph Carter Corbin, a native of Ohio and the son of former slaves. Corbin was the first African American superintendent of public education in Arkansas and literally built the school from the ground up"--

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"Having operated now for more than 140 years, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was founded in 1875 as Branch Normal College by Joseph Carter Corbin, a native of Ohio and the son of former slaves. Corbin was the first African American superintendent of public education in Arkansas and literally built the school from the ground up"--
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Gladys Turner Finney was born in Tamo (in Jefferson County, Arkansas), and was a member of the last graduating class of J. C. Corbin High School in Pine Bluff. She holds a master of social work degree from the Atlanta University School of Social Work. Her distinguished career as a clinician, teacher, and administrator in the field of social work spanned nearly four decades. In 2012, Finney's alma mater, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, conferred on her the honorary doctorate of laws degree for her long commitment to social work and for her efforts in empowering others through advocacy and philanthropy. She currently resides in Dayton, Ohio.