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Title
Historic Shady Grove School
Subject
African American Schools Post 1900
Standards of Learning VS.1a, VS.1g, VS.8b, USII.1a, USII.1d, USII.4c
Standards of Learning VS.1a, VS.1g, VS.8b, USII.1a, USII.1d, USII.4c
Description
The historic Shady Grove School was born out of a need to provide a facility for the education of black students in the Jackson District near Gum Spring. In the words of former State Supervisor of Negro Education (1925), W. D. Gresham,"the Shady Grove School was one of the best one room schools in the state."
The African American educators who taught at this school emphasized the importance of believing in one's self in society and that there were three important links to a student’s educational development: the home, the school and the community. This photograph is an image of the Shady Grove School about 1920. This was the original log structure used until 1925. While it was not the first African American school in existence, it is the only African American school from this era of which the Louisa County Historical Society has a photograph.
This photo was submitted as pasrt of a request to the Rosenwald Fund for moniess to construct a more modern school building. The request was granted and a new school was built in 1925. To learn more, visit the African American Schools of Louisa County website.
The African American educators who taught at this school emphasized the importance of believing in one's self in society and that there were three important links to a student’s educational development: the home, the school and the community. This photograph is an image of the Shady Grove School about 1920. This was the original log structure used until 1925. While it was not the first African American school in existence, it is the only African American school from this era of which the Louisa County Historical Society has a photograph.
This photo was submitted as pasrt of a request to the Rosenwald Fund for moniess to construct a more modern school building. The request was granted and a new school was built in 1925. To learn more, visit the African American Schools of Louisa County website.
Source
Louisa County Historical Society Collection
Publisher
Louisa County Historical Society
Date
1923
Rights
All items in our archives have been donated to The Louisa County Historical Society with express permission to use them only for not-for-profit purposes of education and individual research. We make them available online to further those ends. Anyone wishing to use images online or in printed publications must obtain express written permission to do so from the Louisa County Historical Society and the legal copyright holder. Users assume full responsibility for disputes arising from copyright violations or invasions of privacy.
Format
Photograph
Type
Photograph
Identifier
054_2008_551_2
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