Lagrange Training School / Rosenwald Schools

Built in 1921-22, Lagrange Training School was the ninth school in Kentucky for African Americans supported by the Julius Rosenwald Grant. After completing the first 8 years of school, students were bussed 25 miles to the Lincoln Institute in Shelby County to attend high school. This ended after the 1964 Civil Rights Act integrated Kentucky schools. The site was one of the 158 Rosenwald Schools constructed in Kentucky between 1917 and 1932. The one-room schoolhouse provided an education for African American children required to attend segregated schools. This program grew out of Booker T. Washington’s vision for educational reform and his partnership with philanthropist Julius Rosenwald.

La Grange, Kentucky · United States