210 North Beech Street
1876, Negro School Teacher and Students
(photo courtesy of Smith Library of Regional History)
The colored school of Oxford has originally been located
on High Street. Later it was moved to a larger two-room, one story
brick building on North Beech Street. The pupils ranged in age from
five to twenty-five, including former slaves who had never learned to read.
The teachers of the school included Miss Mary Bishop, Miss Josie Underwood,
Mr. John East, and Mr. L.E. Grennan.
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