The building, which was built around 1850, became a Black-only primary and grammar school 10 years later, serving children ages 5 to 14.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Former “Colored School No. 4” – the last known surviving former Black-only segregated schoolhouse in Manhattan – is now a landmark.
Notable Black leaders in music, education and management walked through its halls. But the 19th century schoolhouse also serves as an important reminder of the era of mandatory segregation, commissioners said. “I think it’s very important that we don’t always just honor the unalloyed, perfect past but recognize the complexity of the past,” added Commissioner Michael Goldblum.And students included violinist and composer Walter F. Craig; Susan Elizabeth Frazier, the first Black teacher in the city assigned to an integrated public school; and James H. Williams, the leader of the “Red Cap” porters at Grand Central Terminal.
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