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Rewriting History: The Forgotten Records

Events, HistoryBy Eddie Mae Herron CenterOctober 23, 2012

Most residents have heard the story that the first school for African-American children in Randolph County was a one-room school opened by sisters at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Pocahontas circa 1888. It is also believed that this was the first school of its kind in Arkansas. Additionally, the story goes that the school closed after a short…

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