Inside the School House

The Laurel Grove School in Franconia, Virginia is a restored one room "colored" schoolhouse built in the 1880s during Jim Crow Segregation by ordinary but astonishing people from the first generation born to freedom.

  • school_houseFor Nearly 50 years, Laurel Grove School educated African American Children.
  • classroom3Inside the Classroom
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  • inkSchool Supply
  • classroom4Inside Classroom
  • crayonSchool Supply
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