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What the record establishes
A two-teacher Rosenwald school was funded in 1920–1921 at a cost of $3,800. Black contributors supplied $300, public funds $2,700, and Rosenwald $800. The museum also records residents funding a longer school term in 1910.
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Questions for the next chapter
The specific Black settlement’s first deeds, family histories, boundaries, and connections to the wider place need further documentation. A municipal place-name or school reference should not be turned into an invented founding story.
READ THE EVIDENCE
Sources and further reading
- Kentucky Heritage Council · Rosenwald school inventory, p. 44 (PDF) ↗
- Lexington History Museum: Fayette County Board of Education ↗
- LFUCG rural settlement study, 1999 draft ↗
- Map reference source ↗
Location note: Coletown GNIS-derived general place reference; not a historic boundary.
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