From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Schools for the Colored Race

The following schools are listed in Progress of a Race (1898) as the schools reported by the Kentucky Commissioner of Education: Christian Bible School in Louisville, 26 students; St. Augustin Ladies' Academy in Lebanon, 76 students; Chandler Ladies' Normal School in Lexington, 245 students; State Normal School in Frankfort [now Kentucky State University], 105 students; Central High School, Louisville, 806 students; and Paris Colored High School, 336 students.

For more see Progress of a Race, by J. W. Gibson and W. H. Crogman [available full-text via Google Books]. See also the entries for African American Schools.

Subject

Grade Schools and High Schools in Kentucky

Higher Education Before Desegregation, Kentucky

Coverage

Kentucky: Louisville, Jefferson County; Lebanon, Marion County; Lexington, Fayette County; Frankfort, Franklin County; Paris, Bourbon County

Item Relations

Cited in this Entry

NKAA Entry: Howard School / Normal Institute / Chandler Normal School / Webster Hall (Lexington, KY)

NKAA Entry: Louisville Central High School/Central High School Magnet Career Academy

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Cite This NKAA Entry:

“Schools for the Colored Race,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 14, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1626.

Last modified: 2021-03-22 17:02:10