Race, Education, and
Prince Edward County, Virginia
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Photographs of Black and White Schools, Black Elementary
Schools
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| Pamplin #10 Elementary School for blacks. Front and side view. Picture taken at dusk. Built in 1938, it served grades 1-6 with a pupil capacity of 40. No indoor plumbing and no steam/water heat. | Mission Elementary School for blacks on secondary road 632. It was sold by the county in 1960 and then used as a house and inhabited by an African American family. | Peaks
Elementary School for blacks on county road 626. Front view facing the
road. Built in 1939 (with a 1943 addition), served grades 1-6 with a pupil capacity of 70. No indoor plumbing and no steam/hot water heat.
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Levi Elementary School for
blacks. Side view. Abandoned by the county in 1959.
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High Rock Elementary School for blacks. Built in 1934, served grades 1-5, pupil capacity of 120, no indoor plumbing and no steam/hot water heat. |
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| Five Forks Elementary School for blacks. Front view. Built in 1918, served grades 1-5, pupil capacity of 60. No indoor plumbing and no steam/hot water heat. | ||||||
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| Mercy Seat Elementary School for blacks. Built in 1927, served grades 1-5, pupil capacity of 120. No indoor plumbing and no steam/hot water heat. | Felden
Elementary School for blacks. Side view. Three room school. Built in 1912, served grades 1-5, pupil capacity of 90. no indoor plumbing and no steam/hot water heat.
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Epps Elementary School for blacks. Sold by the county in 1960. | ||||
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