IN-53.2005.1 The Colored School

Marker text: THE COLORED SCHOOL

By 1874, what has been known as the Colored School opened in Center School here at Sixth and Washington Streets to serve African-American elementary students of Bloomington. An 1869 law had mandated education of colored children, with a separate enumeration and separate schools supported with tax revenue within the common school system.

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Location: Sixth and Washington Streets, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana

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