073-5064

Worsham High School

Prince Edward (County)

VLR Listing Date

2010-03-18

NRHP Listing Date

2010-06-24

NHL Listing Date

NA

NRHP Reference Number

10000384

The Worsham School is significant for its association with the struggle to desegregate Prince Edward County’s public schools, when the county closed its schools rather than integrate them. Worsham, a brick building initially opened in 1927 as an all-white public school, became one of four county schools leased by the Prince Edward Free School system, a privately organized but Kennedy-era federally supported organization that schooled African American students in the county. The free schools operated for one year, until 1964, when the county, responding to a court order, reopened all its public schools to all children regardless of race.

Last Updated: June 2, 2023

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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

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