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THE SECOND BLACK SCHOOL IN CHARLES TOWN. Address – Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. On October 12, 1867, the Charles Town District Board of Education purchased a lot on Harewood Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). Between 1867 and 1874, a school was built on this lot next to the Zion Baptist Church. This school was known as the Charles Town District Colored Graded School, operating until a new school was built on Eagle Avenue in 1894. It is a Charles Town Historical Landmark.