“Haines not only offered its students a holistic approach to education but also served as a cultural center for the African American community. The school hosted orchestra concerts, lectures by nationally famous guests, and various social events. Laney also inaugurated the first kindergarten and created the first nursing training programs for African American women in Augusta.”
— Leslie Kent Anderson
“He [David Laney] has put no son into the Gospel ministry to succeed him, but his worthy daughter, Lucy, is today practically doing the work of a faithful minister and servant of Christ. Miss Laney is a graduate of Atlanta University and has an education of which no woman in this land, white or colored, need be ashamed.”
— Sadie Iola. Daniel, Women Builders