by cchs | Nov 9, 2022 | Schools, Segregated White Schools
Other Names: School No. 4 (1875), School No. 1 (1896) Earliest Documented: 1875 Latest Documented: 1896 Description Listed as School No. 4 in Denton Journal 1877 and on 1875 Isler map adjacent to (NW of) “Colored Church” at Boonsboro crossroads. The geographic...
by Don Barker | Jun 11, 2022 | Historic Landscape, Schools
The Historic Landscape of Caroline County We identified historically segregated white schools in the Choptank River Heritage area, primarily by georeferencing the 1875 Isler and 1897 Saulsbury maps of Caroline County. In the map shown on this page, use the toggle at...
by Don Barker | Feb 10, 2020 | Black History, Schools
Through 90 years of racial segregation and funding disparity, black schools in Caroline County were sacred ground in the fight for literacy, democracy, and civil rights. Eight are still there. Stand in the Place. There were no public schools for enslaved or free...
by Don Barker | Feb 22, 2017 | Black History, Champions of Freedom & Civil Rights, Schools, Women
The first woman president of the NAACP, Dr. Enolia P. McMillan, started her professional career as a teacher in Caroline County in 1927, when she taught at the Denton segregated black high school. The following year, she served as a school principal in Charles...
by Don Barker | Feb 15, 2017 | Black History, Schools
Almost all of the old buildings are gone. But we can lay old maps over aerial and satellite imagery of Caroline County to find the places where they once stood. Do the “helicopter tour” of the school sites as they look today. We fly north...
by Don Barker | May 12, 2014 | Historic Sites Mapping, Schools
In 1875, the actual distance was 1.12 miles. There are 9 public schools in Caroline County today. In 1875 there were 49 schools. The average distance between them was 2.24 miles as the crow flies *. Even for the most isolated locations near the edges of the county...
