| Walker Business College | |
|---|---|
 Students of Walker Business College, c. 1916 | |
| Location | |
Jacksonville, Florida, Macon, Georgia | |
| Information | |
| Former names | Walker's Commercial and Vocational College, Walker Business College for Colored, Walker's Business College |
| School type | business school, vocational school |
| Established | c. 1916 |
| Founders | Richard Wendell Walker, Julia Walker Brown |
| Closed | c. 1967 |
Walker Business College, also known as Walker Business College for Colored,[1] and Walker's Commercial and Vocational College,[2] was a former business school and vocational school specifically for African Americans which was founded c. 1916 and closed c. 1967,[3][2] and located in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, and later Macon, Georgia.[2][4][3] The school advertised as, "the largest colored business college in the United States".[1]
- ^ a b Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt (1920). "Walker Business College for Colored". The Crisis. 21–22. Crisis Publishing Company: 39. ISSN 0011-1422.
- ^ a b c "Walker's Commercial & Vocational College". The Crisis. 49 (1). The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.: 12, 17–18, 27 January 16, 1942. ISSN 0011-1422 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Richardson, Clement (June 16, 1919). The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race. Issue 235 of Black Biographical Dictionaries, 1790–1950. Vol. 1. National Publishing Company. p. 473.
- ^ "Students at the Walker Vocational and Commercial College - Jacksonville, Florida". Florida Memory, Florida Department of State.