07027.ED

07027.ED – This c. 1918 photograph shows the students at Rippon Colored School with teacher Mr. Charles Arter in the back of the center row. The first school in Rippon for black students was a one-room country school located near the railroad tracks, exact date unknown. In 1900, the white ‘Rippon School built in 1874 became the Black Rippon Colored School because the white students moved to a brand-new brick building. The Black school continued to serve the students until 1939, when they were transferred to Eagle Avenue School in Charles Town and the old building was sold.