Central Alabama Institute
| Central Alabama Institute | |
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Students c. 1910 | |
| Location | |
Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. (1865–1904)
Mason City, Alabama, U.S. (1905–1922) | |
| Information | |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | Methodist Episcopal |
| Established | 1865 |
| Founder | Pittsburg Aid Society, Rev. Madison C. B. Mason |
| Closed | 1922 |
| Affiliation | Freedmen's Aid Society |
Central Alabama Institute (1865 – 1922) was a private school for African American in Alabama, United States. The school was the city of Huntsville's first school for the African American community during the Reconstruction era. It was founded in 1865 in Huntsville, Alabama, and moved in 1904 to Mason City, near Birmingham, Alabama. The school also went by the names Rust Institute, Rust Normal Institute, Rust Biblical and Normal Institute, Central Alabama Academy, Central Alabama Institute and College, and Central Alabama College.