Capital Hill Colored School
Capital Hill Colored School, also known as Capital Hill School, was a school for African American students in Little Rock, Arkansas[1] at Eleventh Street and Wolfe Street.[2] An engraving was made of the school..[3] It served students up through high school.[4]
The first public school opened in Little Rock in 1853.[5]
In 1876, after graduating high school, John Edward Bush was appointed principal. Two years later he moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas.[6] Mrs. L. E. Stephens served as principal.[7] Erma P. Kelly and J. K. Rector[citation needed] also served as principals of the school.
A brick school building was constructed for the school in 1886.[8] In 1901, a six-room addition to the school was documented.[9]
Carrie Fambro Still, mother of William Grant Still taught at the school.[10] She also organized events for the school[11] including a fundraiser for a school library. The city's public library was segregated and did not allow admittance of African Americans.[12][13]
Arsenal and Union were other high school for African Americans in Little Rock.[8][14]
Capital Hill is a neighborhood in Little Rock.[15]
At age 14, musician Florence Price graduated from the school and was its valedictorian.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ Instruction, Arkansas Department of Public (November 24, 1893). "Biennial Report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction" – via Google Books.
- ^ Graves, John William (November 24, 1990). Town and Country. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9781610754316 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hempstead, Fay (November 24, 1890). "A Pictorial History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890". N. D. Thompson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ Education, United States Bureau of (November 24, 1907). "Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ "History & Archives of the LRSD / History & Archives of the LRSD Home".
- ^ Appiah, Anthony; Gates (Jr.), Henry Louis (November 24, 2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ark.), Little Rock Public Schools (Little Rock (November 24, 1876). "Annual Report of the Public Schools of the Special School District of Little Rock, Arkansas: For the Year Ending ..., with the Course of Study, Syllabus, Rules and Regulations" – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Hempstead, Fay (November 24, 1890). A Pictorial History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890 ... Southern Historical Press. ISBN 9780893080747 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bruce, William George; Bruce, William Conrad (November 24, 1901). "The American School Board Journal". National School Boards Association – via Google Books.
- ^ Mjagkij, Nina (16 December 2003). Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations. Routledge. ISBN 1135581231 – via books.google.com.
- ^ Mjagkij, Nina (December 16, 2003). Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations. Routledge. ISBN 1135581231 – via Google Books.
- ^ Whayne, Jeannie M. (January 1, 2000). Arkansas Biography: A Collection of Notable Lives. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9781557285874 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mjagkij, Nina (December 16, 2003). Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations. Routledge. ISBN 1135581231 – via Google Books.
- ^ Gordon, Fon Louise (January 1, 2007). Caste and Class: The Black Experience in Arkansas, 1880-1920. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820331300 – via Google Books.
- ^ "CITY OF LITTLE ROCK REDEDICATES FLETCHER PARK | City of Little Rock". www.littlerock.gov.
- ^ "An Overdue Ovation for Florence Price".