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Colored School
Colored school is a term that has been historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow-era to refer to a segregated African American school or black school (which could be at any school type or level). It has also been used as a term used to describe historically black colleges and universities (HBCU). Establishments called colored schools include: * Abbeville Colored School in Abbeville, Mississippi; NRHP-listed * Alapaha Colored School in Alapaha, Georgia; NRHP–listed * Ashburn Colored School in Ashburn, Virginia * Avondale Colored School in Scottdale, Georgia; later known as Hamilton High School * Bellevue Avenue Colored School in Trenton, New Jersey; NRHP–listed * Buena Vista Colored School in Buena Vista, Virginia; NRHP–listed * Calhoun Colored School in Calhoun, Alabama * Coinjock Colored School in Coinjock, North Carolina; NRHP–listed * Colored School No. 3 in New York City * Hampton Colored School in Hampton, South Carolina * Homer College, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow laws were U.S. state, state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced Racial segregation in the United States, racial segregation, "Jim Crow (character), Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American. The last of the Jim Crow laws were generally overturned Voting Rights Act of 1965, in 1965. Formal and informal racial segregation policies were present in other areas of the United States as well, even as several states outside the South had banned discrimination in public accommodations and voting. Southern laws were enacted by white-dominated state legislatures (Redeemers) to disenfranchise and remove political and economic gains made by African Americans during the Reconstruction era. Such continuing racial segregation was also supported by the successful Lily-white movement. In practice, Jim Crow laws mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Magnolia Colored School Historic District
''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view that one takes up. Recent molecular and morphological research shows that former genera ''Talauma'', ''Dugandiodendron'', ''Manglietia'', ''Michelia'', ''Elmerrillia'', ''Kmeria'', ''Parakmeria'', ''Pachylarnax'' (and a small number of monospecific genera) all belong within the same genus, ''Magnolia'' s.l. (s.l. = ''sensu lato'': 'in a broad sense', as opposed to s.s. = ''sensu stricto'': 'in a narrow sense'). The genus ''Magnolia'' s.s. contains about 120 species. See the section Nomenclature and classification in this article. flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. The natural range of ''Magnolia'' species is disjunct, with a main center in east, south and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species in South America. Magnolias are ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
