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Black History is American History.   

Schools, always a priority.

Researching Valley schools - Our intern, Lauryn Miller's video about the Effinger Street School in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Rosenwald Schools in the Shenandoah Valley

"Former Valley school to be converted into recreation center"  www.whsv.com/content/news/Former-Valley-school-to-be-converted-into-recreation-center
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Josephine School Community Museum 
Clarke County African-American Cultural Center
Josephine Street,  Berryville, VA

              As you turn off Church Street onto Josephine Street you see a highway marker.  This is the Josephine Historic District.  Close to the end of the street is the Josephine School Community Museum.  It is the historic Josephine School and the Clarke County Training School high school built in 1930 (possible Rosenwald school)  next door.  

              The museum houses a wonderful model of the neighborhood and church.  There are many tributes to the students and teachers of the school.  You can step into a late 1800's classroom and see displays of school clothes, textbooks and school photos. 

You can go to their website to learn more: www.jschoolmuseum.org
Early Schools of Rockingham County, Virginia
Effinger Street School slide show, Harrisonburg, VA
Photos Courtesy of Billo Harper & 
Jennifer Vickers
Research on the Rockingham Schools

Lucy F. Simms High School, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Go to omeka.jmu.edu/simms/ to learn about Celebrating Simms.  In 2016 JMU teamed up with members of the Lucy F. Simms High School community and to recover the history of Lucy F. Simms and the high school named after her.  The result is an extensive permanent exhibition at the Lucy F. Simms Center, a companion booklet and website about the school and Lucy F. Simms.  Many thanks go to Dr. Mollie Godfrey and Dr. Sean McCarthy and their students who created Celebrating Simms. ​
Photos above courtesy of Billo Harper &  Jennifer Vickers

The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Experience:
African-American Education During Segregation

This exhibit was at the Harrisonburg Rockingham Heritage Museum in Dayton, VA in 2001.  Here is the link to that page.  This exhibit included information about the educators, students, diaries and more.  
Click on the 2001 EXHIBIT ON EDUCATION button below to go to the Collection.
www.valleyblackheritage.org;  Director (540 746-2088), directormlr@valleyblackheritage.org;  Mailing address: SVBHP, 425 Hill St., Harrisonburg, VA 22802
​EIN 81-1709430
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