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James Smallwood Schoolhouse

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Built in 1892, this school was part of a movement to create schools for the education of black students by black teachers, and is representative of the national struggle for equal education, regardless of race. It was named in memory of James Smallwood, elected teacher of the city's first "colored school" in 1871.
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