It was the first predominantly black high school in Chicago.
The first recorded black school was not until the late 1920's.
There were, of course, black schools and some very good ones.
So in 1893, the college opened its own black high school.
This church building was also the town's first black public school.
At the black school there was an air of victory.
Now it's a 99 percent black middle school with about 400 students.
I am going to the black high school and get all A's.
By law, black schools and white must be equal in every way.
You probably went to the county's own black public schools; your textbooks had been used.