Missouri's oldest surviving Black schoolhouse comes back to life in St. Louis County
About 80 years ago, Curtis Johnson would walk 3 miles to a log schoolhouse in Chesterfield to learn math and how to read and write. On his way to c...
March 27, 2023
1:46 AM
About 80 years ago, Curtis Johnson would walk 3 miles to a log schoolhouse in Chesterfield to learn math and how to read and write. On his way to class he used to pass up another school building, but he could not attend that one because he was Black. 'It was all brick, [with] heat, bathrooms on the inside during that time,' said Johnson, 85. Johnson's one-room school was not like that. It had a tiny gold stove to help heat the structure and children would have to step outside to use the restroom.
St. Louis Public Radio