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07000.ED – Students post in front of this unidentified early school. By February 13, 1877, there were 10 “colored” schools. On February 18, 1901, the West Virginia Legislature passed an act that provided primary public schools for African Americans from age 6 to 21. In 1921, when students were ready for high school and none was available in Jefferson County, the Board of Education paid tuition for seven pupils at Storer College.