schools

=African-American Education in Newton County, Georgia=

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[|Newton County Schools]

//Washington Street School (Covington).// //Third grade teachers Ms. Eva Wright and Ms. Sarah Hardeman with their students.// also pictured, Professor Nathaniel H. Mitchell During the era of segregation, African-American high schools in the county were:
 * The Washington Street School (Covington)
 * R.L. Cousins (1955-1969)

County common schools for African-American students included:
 * Almon
 * Bentley School (one room schoolhouse) near Alcovy River
 * Butler's Chapel
 * Dixie (east Newton Co.)
 * Graves Chapel
 * Harwell Hill
 * Heard's Chapel
 * Leguinn
 * Little Bethel
 * Livingstone Chapel
 * Macedonia
 * Mansfield
 * Montgomery
 * Newborn
 * New Hope
 * Nixon
 * The Oxford Colored School (Rosenwald)
 * Park's Grove
 * Poplar Hill
 * Rocky Plains
 * Rose Hill Elementary (Porterdale)
 * Richard's Chapel
 * Simm's Chapel
 * Spring Hill
 * Tuck's Chapel
 * Union

When young African-Americans boycotted the Newton County public school system in the spring of 1970 St. Paul's AME Church served as the only **freedom school** in the county.


 * Published Resources**


 * The //History of Newton County// contains historical material on a number of African-American schools in the county
 * "Each One, Teach One. From School to Community Center. Washington Street's Past & Present. the Journey of Washington Street School from 1883-2003" (Contact the Washington Street Community Center)


 * On line Resources**


 * [|African-American Education in Oxford, Georgia]

//For more information about the African-American Historical Association of Newton County, or to share information about the county's African-American history, please contact the association president Mr. Forrest Sawyer, Jr. (770) 788-0792 forrestsawyer1@gmail.com//