Curry Normal and Industrial Institute
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E. W. B. Curry founded Curry Normal and Industrial Institute at Urbana, Ohio, United States in 1889 for the training of colored youths. The institute included a Bible school and normal, literary, commercial, music, and industrial departments. In 1913 the institute received a gift of $2000 from Martha Fouse, a former slave. E. W. B. Curry served as the first president of the institute. His service as president continued for more than twenty years.