Columbia 1920s Black schoolhouse burns to the ground
Flames destroyed a historic, Black school house in Maury County
Sunday. The Canaan school was a single-room school house built in the 1920s and
used by Black students before desegregation.
As of now, the cause of the
fire is unknown, but County officials and community members are hoping the fire
was not and act of racism.
Ronald Watkins was a student at
the school in 1958. The Nashville News attended from first
through fourth grade.
The Canaan School in Columbia
was built in 1928 and restored by the Canaan AME Church in 1998.
The County historian says it
was one of 15 Rosenwald Schools for rural Black students established in Maury
County between 1917 and 1932.
But on Sunday morning, Watkins
was told the school house burned to the ground.
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"I think it’s not enough
talk as we as Black, African Americans have achieved in the world itself, and
when things like this happen; it just hurts you," said Watkins.
Watkins says he still remembers
everything from school like it was yesterday.
"It had a potbelly stove;
I can remember coming in Nashville Press Release on a cold
days and we would sit around until it warmed up the building," he said.
Watkins, now in his late 60s,
would often drive by with his grandchildren and point to the one room
schoolhouse and say this is where he was taught.
"Walking into this Nashville Cryptocurrency News school, there was always something on the wall,
ABC’s, 123," Watkins said.
Now, there’s nothing to show.
The cause of the fire is under
investigation and Watkins feels in his gut this fire was started intentionally
as an act of racism in response to the protest.
"The first thing I
thought, someone set it on fire," said Watkins.
Even though his school days are
behind him, there’s still a lesson worth learning coming from the remains of
this segregated school house and that’s history will always be remembered.
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The burning of Cannon School is
wiping out a foundation of educational success in
The history of public schools
for African Americans in that community of Maury County. We are sadden by this
situation. The opportunity to speak with Ms. Ruth Nashville Stock Market Harwell adjourning property owner very late on Sunday night to
share with here that we cared was important to me. She and several others
worked hard to restore and preserve
The 1928 school building back
in 1988.
Sheriff Rowland has assured me
that he And his department will do a complete investigation into this matter.
The lost of a Rosenwald School cannot be replaced. It is heartbreaking. This
building provided the learning space and the activities that occurred in it set
many young people on positive pathways to successful lives.
Dr. Christa S. Martin Vice
Mayor, Columbia, Tennessee
Source:
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