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
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
school or
black school
The History of African-American education deals with the public and private schools at all levels used by African Americans in the United States and for the related policies and debates. Black schools, also referred to as "Negro schools" and " ...
(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
Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of serving African Americans. Most are in the Southern U ...
(HBCU).
Establishments called colored schools include:
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Abbeville Colored School in Abbeville, Mississippi; NRHP-listed
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Alapaha Colored School in Alapaha, Georgia; NRHP–listed
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Ashburn Colored School in Ashburn, Virginia
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Avondale Colored School in Scottdale, Georgia; later known as Hamilton High School
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Bellevue Avenue Colored School in Trenton, New Jersey; NRHP–listed
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Buena Vista Colored School in Buena Vista, Virginia; NRHP–listed
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Calhoun Colored School in Calhoun, Alabama
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Coinjock Colored School in Coinjock, North Carolina; NRHP–listed
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Colored School No. 3 in New York City
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Hampton Colored School in Hampton, South Carolina
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Homer College, also known as Homer Colored College in Homer, Louisiana
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Hiram Colored School in Hiram, Georgia; NRHP–listed
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Jarvisburg Colored School in Jarvisburg, North Carolina
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Magnolia Colored School Historic District in Magnolia, Arkansas
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Millwood Colored School in Boyce, Virginia; now Millwood Community Center
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Opelousas Colored School in Opelousas, Louisiana
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Richmond City Colored School for African-American Children in Richmond, Kentucky; later known as Richmond High School
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Sanibel Colored School in Sanibel, Florida; NRHP–listed
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Seventh Street Colored School in Covington, Kentucky; later known as William Grant High School
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Simmons Colored School in St. Louis, Missouri
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State Colored Normal School (disambiguation)
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Victoria Colored School in Victoria County, Texas
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Virginia Avenue Colored School in Louisville, Kentucky; NRHP–listed
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Virginia Industrial Home School for Colored Girls in Mechanicsville, Virginia; later known as Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center
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Walnut Cove Colored School in Walnut Cove, North Carolina; also known as London School
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Weston Colored School in Weston, West Virginia; also known as the Central West Virginia Genealogical & Historical Library and Museum and Frontier School
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Williamston Colored School in Williamston, North Carolina
See also
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Colored
''Colored'' (or ''coloured'') is a racial descriptor historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow era to refer to an African American. In many places, it may be considered a slur.
Dictionary definitions
The word ''colored'' wa ...
'', a racial descriptor historically used in the United States
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Colored High School
Schools with related names
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Colored Music Settlement School
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Colored Memorial School and Risley High School
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Halltown Colored Free School
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Normal School for Colored Girls
Normal School for Colored Girls was established in Washington, D.C., in 1851 as an institution of learning and training for young African-American women, especially to train teachers. It was the first normal school in the District of Columbia and ...
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Segregated schools
Lists of schools