PALACIOS COLORED SCHOOL

FOUNDED IN THE 1920S, THE PALACIOS COLORED SCHOOL WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOL IN THE CITY. BECAUSE OF JIM CROW LAWS WHICH INSTITUTIONALIZED SEGREGATION, AFRICAN AMERICANS ATTENDED SEPARATE SCHOOLS FROM WHITE STUDENTS. AFTER MOVING TWICE, THE SCHOOL SETTLED AT THIS SITE AND OPENED ON OCTOBER 2, 1939. BETWEEN 1940 AND 1946, THE STUDENT BODY GREW FROM 37 TO 81 STUDENTS. WHEN PALACIOS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT INTEGRATED IN 1963, THE SCHOOL CLOSED. OPEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 YEARS, THE PALACIOS COLORED SCHOOL SYMBOLIZED THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY'S STRUGGLE AGAINST RACIAL INEQUALITY AND THEIR DEDICATION TO EDUCATION.

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PALACIOS COLORED SCHOOL

FOUNDED IN THE 1920S, PALACIOS COLORED SCHOOL WAS THE CITY'S SCHOOL FOR FIRST AFRICAN AMERICANS. IN 1931, MATERIALS FROM A RAZED BUILDING WERE USED IN A NEW TWO ROOM SCHOOL ON HUMPHREY STREET. THIS BUILDING WAS MOVED TO 8TH STREET AND LATER EXPANDED. THE NEW PALACIOS COLORED SCHOOL  OPENED ON OCTOBER 2, 1939. THE CROSS-GABKED FLOOR PLAN FEATURES CLAPBOARD SIDING, THREE PROJECTING WINGS AND BANKS OF 9-OVER-- DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS. BETWEEN 1940 AND 1946, THE STUDENT BODY GREW FROM 37 TO 81 STUDENTS. WHEN PALACIOS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT INTEGRATED IN 1963, THE SCHOOL CLOSED. OPEN FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS, PALACIOS COLORED SCHOOL SYMBOLIZED THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY'S STRUGGLE AGAINST RACIAL INEQUALITY AND THEIR DEDICATION TO EDUCATION.

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