Booker T. Washington School was a

black school Black schools, also referred to as "colored" schools, were racially segregated schools in the United States that originated after the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. The phenomenon began in the late 1860s during Reconstruction era w ...

Ashland, Kentucky Ashland is a home rule-class city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The largest city in Boyd County, Ashland is located upon a southern bank of the Ohio River at the state border with Ohio and near West Virginia. The population was 21,6 ...

. It was named after

Booker T. Washington Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American c ...

(1856–1915), the American civil rights leader, educator and author. The school taught black children grades 1 through 12. The brick schoolhouse stood at the corner Seventh Street and Central Avenue. The school closed in 1962. The building has since been razed. A state historical plaque marks the location.

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Historically segregated African-American schools in Kentucky Schools in Boyd County, Kentucky Ashland, Kentucky Demolished buildings and structures in Kentucky 1962 disestablishments in Kentucky {{Kentucky-school-stub