LaGrange Training School

Historical marker location:

LaGrange, Kentucky

( 419 N. First St., LaGrange)

Built in 1921-22, it was the ninth school in Ky. for African Americans supported by the Julius Rosenwald Grant. After completing the first 8 years of school, students were bussed 25 miles to the Lincoln Institute in Shelby Co. to attend high school. This ended after the 1964 Civil Rights Act integrated Kentucky schools.

<h5>Reverse</h5>Rosenwald Schools- Site of one of the 158 Rosenwald Schools constructed in Kentucky between 1917 & 1932. The one-room schoolhouse provided an education for African American children required to attend segregated schools. This program grew out of Booker T. Washington’s vision for educational reform & his partnership with philanthropist, Julius Rosenwald.

Dedicated June 21, 2014.

African American Civil Rights Schools Booker T. Washington