Detail from Augustus Koch’s 1880 Bird’s Eye View of La Grange showing the building believed to be the school on Camp Street where John G. Schermack taught African American students.
Footprints of Fayette
La Grange Schools for Black Students Between 1872 and 1903 By Rox Ann Johnson
The first known school building for La Grange’s African American children was built in 1867 at the northeast corner of the intersection of Camp and Madison streets. It had been run by the Freedmen’s Bureau in Texas until that group was terminated in 1872. Later that year, the property was transferred to the Superintendent…
