Washington School, Topeka, Kansas Established for African American students in 1904, Washington school supported the largest student body among the city’s four African American schools in 1954 and continued to do so for the remainder of the decade.…
Designed by architect Thomas W. Williamson, this new Monroe School building opened in 1926. It included a grand auditorium. As the earliest African American school in Topeka, Kansas, Monroe first welcomed students in 1868. At one time, it was among…
By 1920, when Salina became a first class city, the city’s school board voted to establish Dunbar School, an elementary school for the city’s African American students. It also served as a center of community activities for African Americans in…