Port Lavaca, TX, United States
Alice O. Wilkins School. Alice O. Wilkins School Early education for African American students in Port Lavaca dates from the late nineteenth century and a one-room school run by James Choice. The Rev. A.K. Black, a Baptist pastor, later led the school, which included grades 1 to 5 and was located at
Ann and Mulberry streets. In 1907, Alice Ora Crawford, a graduate of Fisk University, came here from Chicago and, although only 16 years old, became the schoolteacher. Under her leadership, the schoo
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