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Bethel Colored School

Bethel Colored School

by Don Barker | Oct 25, 2021 | Black History & Culture, Black Schools, Black Schools Still Standing

Earliest Documented:     1890 Latest Documented:       1928 Description Bethel School was active before 1890 when it discontinued, and the Smithville farm alliance used the (original) building. (Other white schools like Williston followed this pattern of in and out of...

Greensboro Colored School

by Don Barker | Oct 24, 2021 | Black History & Culture, Black Schools, Black Schools Still Standing

Historic Black Schools since 1870. Eight are still standing.

Historic Black Schools since 1870. Eight are still standing.

by Don Barker | Oct 22, 2021 | Black History & Culture, Black Schools

  Through 90 years of racial segregation and funding disparity, black schools in Caroline County were sacred ground in the fight for equal education, democracy, and civil rights. Eight are still standing. There were no public schools for enslaved or free blacks...
Historic Black Schools since 1870. Eight are still standing.

Union Colored School

by Don Barker | Oct 20, 2021 | Black History & Culture, Black Schools, Black Schools Still Standing

Other Names: School No. 1 Earliest Documented: 1895 Latest Documented: 1928 Description School building is adjacent to Union AME Church, which was active until put up for sale in 2016. The school building has been maintained and used for church activities, then for...
Marsh Creek Colored School

Marsh Creek Colored School

by Don Barker | Oct 20, 2021 | Black History & Culture, Black Schools, Black Schools Still Standing

Other Names:  School No. 4 Earliest Documented:  1896 Latest Documented:  1928 Description Maryland Historical Trust site MHT CAR-159 notes that “it appears to have been constructed around the turn of the century.” Denton Journal 1896 list school no. 4.  Located in...
Jonestown Colored School

Jonestown Colored School

by Don Barker | Oct 20, 2021 | Black History & Culture, Black Schools, Black Schools Still Standing

Other Names:  Jonestown Elementary School Earliest Documented:  1897 Latest Documented:  1966 Description Categorized as Colored School in 1924 and 1928. Segregated school until it closed in 1966. Jonestown School does not appear on the 1875 or 1897 maps of Caroline...
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