Essence Magazine:
By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated December 7, 2023
Before the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Black students living in West Plains, Missouri were educated at Lincoln School. After the high court declared segregation illegal, the school closed down. But now, a Black family has purchased the school with plans to renovate the building and turn it into a cultural center.
Crockett Oaks, Jr. is the last alumnus
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