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Stone building with shingled roof on grass

Agriculture/Vo-Tech Building

Multistory orange brick buildings with red metal roofs and trees

ALFDC Business Center

Group of white men and women outside "Archey Valley School House" building

Archey Valley School

Multistory brick building being demolished

Argenta High Demolition

Multistory brick building

Arkansas State Teachers College

large group of white children and faculty posing together with multistory building with cupola and house in the background

Crowd of white men women standing and white children sitting outside single-story church building with bell tower

Aydelotte School

"Negro Baptists Meet" newspaper clipping

Baptist Academy Article

Young white child in overalls with dog standing in front of single-story building with two front doors

Bell Grove School

Multiple story brick building with cupola on top and trees in front yard and people sitting on front steps

Black Rock School

Group of young African-American girls in matching basketball uniforms and an African-American woman with glasses in dress

Branch High Girls Basketball Team

Multistory brick building with flat roof and road running alongside

Brinkley High School

Older African-American woman in collared dress

Dilapidated brick gymnasium building with vines growing on it

Bunche School Gym

Multistory building behind trees

Charleston School Building

Multistory brick building with arched entrance and flat roof

Clarendon High School

African American girls in dresses posted on steps of wooden building

Colored Industrial Institute Students

Group of white children and white woman outside school house

Large group of white children and adults beside wooden building

Young African-American woman smiling with short hair and large earrings

Three story brick building with flagpole on roof, group of women on front steps

El Dorado High School

Multistory marble building; multiple chimneys

Single-story stone building with covered entrance and sidewalk

Side view of single-story stone building with multi-paned windows

Everton School Detail

Stone walkway leading to short set of concrete steps in field with trees

Fargo Agricultural School Ruins

African-American girls in matching basketball uniforms with shorts standing in line with African-American woman in skirt

Fargo Basketball Team

Group of young African-American men in matching football uniforms

Fargo Football Team

African-American girls in matching dresses sitting with African-American man in suit and tie

Fargo Girls Chorus

Multistory wooden building

Fargo Girls Dorm

African-American girls in matching dresses in classroom with teacher

Fargo School Girls

Informational panel with text and images "Fargo Agricultural School"

Fargo School Sign

African American boys and girls in suits and dresses standing in front of a brick building

Fargo School Students

African-American girls sitting in sewing class with African-American woman standing behind them

Fargo Sewing Class

Group of white children and teachers standing outside single-story school house

Fishback School

Single-story blue and white brick building on grass

Fishback School

tall red brick building with pointed tower with a large group of students in front

Fort Steele School

White woman in heavy-looking dress and round glasses

Lucretia Foster

Two-story brick school building with square windows

Gravette High School

Young African-American woman with short hair and earrings

Alice N. Harris

White students posing in front of school building with trophies and a banner.

Harrisburg High School

"D. A. R. aids school for mountain girls" newspaper clipping

Helen Dunlap School Aid

"Hinemon University destroyed by flames" newspaper clipping

Hinemon University Article

Stone building with blue sign and parking lot

Horace Mann Gymnasium

Stone building with double doors and brick chimneys

Horace Mann High

Single-story stone building on parking lot

Horace Mann Home Ec Building

Multistory brick building with mansard roof and clock tower

Jefferson School

Crowd of Asian-American children stand in rows holding hands over head in field near housing units.

Jerome Relocation Center School Children

Asian-American girls pose in v-shape on steps in matching outfits and hats, holding flags

Jerome Relocation Center Children

Multistory white wooden building with cupola on top and people standing around on the ground

Junction City High School

Multistory brick building with tall evergreen shrubs in front

Lake Village School

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