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From: Bill Roddy <>
Subject: [CASANFRA] SF Schools Integrated in 1875
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 15:28:12 -0800

>From Municipal Reports 1881. (verbatim)
The first Colored School was opened May 22, 1854, in the basement of the
Church for colored people, on the corner of Virginia Place and Jackson
street. This school was transferred in 1864 to Broadway, near Powell
street, and in April, 1869, it was transferred again to the corner of
Vallejo and Taylor streets. A colored school of about twelve pupils was
organized on Howard street, near Fifth, on November 14, 1871, and
sustained till it was abolished, August 3, 1875.
These schools have never been successful or popular among the colored
people. They would not be satisfied with anything but the admission of
their children to the schools for white children.
Separate schools for colored children were abolished by the Board of
Education on the 3rd of August, 1875, and the pupils were transferred to
the other schools of the city. In 1881 there were 201 Negro children in
school.
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