Separate But Equal Project

“Separate But Equal” in SC ED 738 South Carolina History Summer II 2009

Plessy V. Ferguson

• Legislation...

Briggs v. Elliott

Colored Schools

Brights Station Pickens County •

Baptist minister Balie Hendricks organized the school in 1902

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First built in 1902 out of slabs with a rock chimney; used as both a church and a school

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Used whatever books they could find

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2 room wooden structure erected in 1936

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1 teacher school, grades 1-7

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One room used as a classroom; other room used as a kitchen/lunch room

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Lunch served by 7th grade girls

Built in 1936

Clearview/Simpson

• Privately owned, 1 room structure from 1900-1927

Pickens County

• 1900: 107 pupils, 1 teacher • 1927 - 5 rooms, 5 teachers

• Present structure built in 1930 • 1949: 7 room grammar school building, 2 room library building, 3 room high school building • Running water but outdoor toilets • Largest Negro school in the county • Accredited in 1944

Soapstone Pickens County • First Negro school in Pickens; opened in 1870 • Crude, small • School held in this log cabin until it rotted down • Floors unoiled and dirty

Built in 1929

• Kerosene lamps used for lighting; teacher had no desk; no library materials; water from a nearby residence; teacher prepared lunches; unpainted interior

Rosewood

Liberty Jr And SR Colored School

• 1906-1968

Pickens County

• Grades 1-8 until 1932 • Became an elementary school in 1954 • Merged with Liberty Elementary in 1969 • Excellent brick structure; 7 classrooms; auditorium;

Holly Springs Pickens County

• Built in 1899; used until 1954

• One teacher, no blackboards, and children sat on homemade benches • Used water from a church well

Old South Fant Street School

Anderson County

Anderson County “Negro” Schools

Allen Elementary School Greenville County • Established by Rev. Charles T. Hopkins in 1866 (?) • Built from materials taken from an abandoned army storehouse • Employed Greenville’s first black teachers

Brown • 2 teachers,Greenville 70 pupils • Grades 1-6 • Porches, doors, & steps need repair; repainting; thorough cleaning of interior • Does not have necessary equipment & water is from an open spring

County

Durbin Greenville County • 1 teacher, 45 pupils • Grades 1-7 • Located on a welldrained lot & neat in appearance, but privately owned • Too small & dark, depressing interior; no toilets or water supply • Not

Flat Rock Greenville County • 4 teachers, 121 pupils • Grades 1-7 • In fair repair in regards to paint and roof; equipment used adequately • Classrooms need adequate lighting & ventilation; water supply is inadequate

Sterling High School Greenville County • Established in 1869 • Only public school for blacks in Greenville for years • 1940s - extended grades to 12 years and broadened curriculum

White Schools

Pickens Mill Pickens County • 1926-1953 • Picture taken in 1947 • Textile school • Progressive school of that time • Tables, chair, bookshelves, filing cabinet

Easley High School Pickens County

• Built in 1894; used until 1940

Paris High School

• Located on former Greenville U.S. Army campground - Camp Sevier • First building was a small, 2 room wooden structure • 1926 - brick building built • 1930 - 235 students & 10 teachers

• 11 grades until

County

Anderson High School Girls School

Anderson High School Boys School

Thoughts & Feelings

• “The children of our race were brushed aside so long and not getting a proper education. Our children were riding three to four hours every day on buses, and on the way they were passing a lot of white schools to get to the all-Black schools. We just felt they were passing the doors of schools they should be allowed to attend.” August, 1963

A. J. Whittenberg

Has anything changed today?

Researched & Presented by Justin Bramblett Amanda Brown Kelsey Darity Dennis Dempsey Nancy Machamer Heather Marion James Palassis Terrence Wilson

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