Kingston Colored School

Kingston Colored School is a Tennessee historical marker in Roane County.

726 Greenwood St. Kingston, Tennessee

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The Kingston Colored School was the first public elementary school building for African Americans in Kingston, Tennessee. Built in 1934, the two-classroom school served students in grades one through eight until 1965. In 1963 the school's name was changed to Greenwood School. In accordance with Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Roane County Board of Education passed a resolution desegregating its public schools in August 1964. The following year Greenwood School closed. This marker stands here today as a monument to the twentieth century Civil Rights Movement.

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1887 · Kingston, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1891 · Kingston, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1893 · Kingston, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Relief map, state of Tennessee (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

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Kingston Colored School

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