DIAMOND, Mo. — The George Washington Carver National Park offered an in-depth look at school life in the 1870s.
It was a weekend program that focused on the first African American school that opened on Young Street in Neosho in 1872.
George Washington Carver was one of those students who attended the school in 1876 for almost a year.
After going to school in Neosho, Carver set out to Fort Scott Kansas to further his education.
The first African American school closed in 1891, and then opened another school known as the Lincoln School.
“Individuals, African Americans wanted to learn, learn as much as they could, and when the Neosho school board provided that school, it was very very important to George Washington Carver as well as hundreds of others who attended that school,” said Curtis Gregory, GWC Park Ranger.
George Washington School National Park has more events this summer, the next one is the 81st annual Carver Day on July 13, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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