E. W. B. Curry founded Curry Normal and Industrial Institute at Urbana, Ohio, United States in 1889 for the training of colored youths. Urbana is a city in and the County seat of Champaign County, Ohio, United States, 47 miles (76 km west of Columbus. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about the term used for African-Americans You might be looking for Coloured people or Color (disambiguation. 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. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common E. W. B. Curry served as the first president of the institute. His service as president continued for more than twenty years.