La Grange Training School
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Built in 1921-22, it was the ninth school in Ky. for African Americans
supported by the Julius Rosenwald Grant. After completing the first 8 years of school, students were bussed 25 miles to the Lincoln Institute in Shelby Co. to attend high school. This ended after the 1964 Civil Rights Act integrated
Kentucky schools. Over.
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Rosenwald Schools- Site of one of the 158 Rosenwald Schools constructed in Kentucky between 1917 & 1932. The one-room schoolhouse provided an education for African American children required to attend segregated
schools. This program grew out of Booker T. Washington’s vision for educational reform & his partnership with philanthropist, Julius Rosenwald.
Dedicated June 21, 2014.
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