Trinity School - Part 1
Homegrown History
English - August 23, 2022 17:37 - 43 minutes - 37.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHistory Education limestone county alabama limestone county archives athens alabama history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
For more than a hundred years (1865 - 1970) Trinity School served Limestone County's African American students, and its history reflects a microcosm of the African American experience. Founded by Mary Fletcher Wells to educate newly freed slaves and their children, the first classes were held only weeks after the South surrendered. The story of Trinity and the determination to keep it open through fires, hardship, and community discord is the story of dedicated educators who taught much more than academics to generations of families in Limestone County. In this episode, Rebekah and Richard talk with David Malone, 1966 Trinity High School graduate, and Charlotte Fulton, author of Holding the Fort: A History of Trinity School.
https://limestonecounty-al.gov/departments/archives/
Holding the Fort: A History of Trinity School in Athens, Alabama 1865-1870 by Charlotte Fulton
This book is available for reference at the Limestone Archives and the Athens-Limestone Public Library
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