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The article is from the Virginia Journal of Education, September, 1920 pg
205. Hopefully you can open the picture, which talks about Leithton and Water
schools. In 1920 both were replaced by new schools and Waters became Emerick,
which I didn't know.
As for Leithton, Oscar Emerick was discussing a new white school. There are 22
pages of class lists for Leithton in the LCPS Archives, from 1920-21 and 1935-36
The Leithton structure replaced the colored school. Unfortunately, the only records
we have for that school are from 1895/96 and are in the Library of Virginia.
In 1895/96 Miss Annie E. Gillem of 1150 15th St., NW, Washington, DC was the
“colored” instructor, operating on a 2nd Grade certificate. Source: Lists of Teachers,
1892-1975 (1896ColoredCombined Census of Colored Teachers 1895/96 – Done
Dec 15, 1895), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public
Instruction/Education. Note: Ms. Gillem also instructed the previous year at
Unison. Based on the 1870 and 1880 U.S. Census records for Washington, DC.
She was probably born in 1842 in Washington, DC.
It’s worth noting that the general rule was not to place white children in former
“colored” schools, major exception being Banneker.