Description
In 2001, former students of the African-American schools planned a class reunion for alumni who attended the schools between 1953 and 1967. The schools included were Oviedo Colored School (later called Oviedo Elementary School), Jackson Heights Elementary School, Geneva Colored School, Wagner Colored School, Kolokee Colored School, and Gabriella Colored School. This booklet details the history of black community's drive to create a place to educate the children of the community with a general overview and timeline of the consolidation of the Oviedo-area schools into two distinct campuses in the predominantly African-American Jackson Heights neighborhood. This document demonstrates segregation in education in Seminole County, Florida, a subject that has not be fully explored in relation to Oviedo's history.
Coverage
Red School House, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Colored School, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Elementary School, Oviedo, Florida
Jackson Heights Elementary School, Oviedo, Florida
Orange Academy, Oviedo, Florida
Seminole Academy, Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo Junior High School, Oviedo, Florida
Geneva Colored School, Geneva, Florida
Wagner Colored School, Oviedo, Florida
Kolokee Colored School, Kolokee, Geneva, Florida, Gabriella Colored School, Gabriella, Oviedo, Florida
External Reference
Robison, Jim.
Around Oviedo. 2012.
Genealogical Society, Inc.. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/extinct_towns_.htm.
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The Geneva Area Schools." Geneva Historical &
Genealogical Society, Inc. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/fl/county/seminole/Geneva/schools.htm.
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1878 -1913 Black Schools in Seminole County." Parks and Preservation, Seminole County Government. http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/parksrec/museum/black_schools.aspx.