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Wed, 02.16.1887

The Glass Hill School (Maryland) Opens

*The Registry celebrates the opening of the Glass Hill School on this date in 1887. This was one of many primary education schools for Blacks during Reconstruction.

Founded in Wicomico County, Maryland, the school was originally identified simply as “ Col'd,” an abbreviation used for "Colored" School. In 1900, Jim Jackson purchased and moved the school to Pittsville, MD, where it was abandoned and scheduled for demolition. After restoration, it became a shop called Schoolhouse Collectibles. The present location is 7915 Maple Street, Pittsville, MD.

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Poetry Corner

Amos is a shepherd of suffering sheep; A pastor preaching in the depths of Alabama Preaching social justice to the Southland Preaching to the poor a new gospel of love With words... AMOS 1963 by Margaret Walker.
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