Built in 1892, this school was part of a movement to create schools for the education of black students by black teachers, and is representative of the national struggle for equal education, regardless of race. Named in memory of James Smallwood, elected teacher of the city's first "colored school" in 1871.

Marker is at the intersection of S. Pershing Ave. and W. College Ave., on the right when traveling north on S. Pershing Ave..

Courtesy hmdb.org

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