Smith Robertson School on Bloom Street.

Title: Smith Robertson School on Bloom Street.
Date: 1982
Creator: Roland L. Freeman, 1936-2023
Description: A photograph of a sign in front of the Smith Robertson School announcing that the site has been designated as a national historic building and renovations will begin soon to the empty building. The school opened in 1894 as the West Jackson Colored School, closed in 1971, and reopened as a museum in 1984.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Urban life See all items with this value; Education See all items with this value; Economics See all items with this value
Location: Farish Street Historic District; Jackson; Mississippi
Type: Photograph
Medium: Photograph
Measurements: 8 in x 10 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.oh.2022.fsp.photo9
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0511
Rights: All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Source: Supplementary photograph collection with The Farish Street Project Oral History Collection
Collection: The Farish Street Project Oral History Collection