Henderson School

Henderson School in Fayetteville (Washington County); circa 1875. The Henderson School was built by the American Missionary Association in 1866 to educate the children of recently freed slaves.

African-American children and faculty standing outside single-story brick building

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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Time Period

Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age (1875 - 1900)

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Basketball / Individual and Team Sports / Recreation and Sports

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