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Colored school

Colored school is a term that has been historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow-era to refer to a segregated African American school or black school. It has also been used as a term used to describe historically black colleges and universities (HBCU).

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Colored school is a term that has been historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow-era to refer to a segregated African American school or black school (which could be at any school type or level). It has also been used as a term used to describe historically black colleges and universities (HBCU).

Establishments called colored schools include:

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