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Day 17 : Remembering Local History during Black History Month The Depot Street Graded School was the first public school for African Americans in Winston-Salem, opening for classes in December of 1887 on Depot Street’s east side, between East Sixth and East Seventh Streets. The school only offered primary education and limited industrial training until the arrival of principal Simon Green Atkins in 1890. Under his leadership, the school expanded and became the first African …American high school in Winston-Salem in 1895. In 1924, the Depot Street Graded School burnt down, and the Fourteenth Street Colored Grade School was built. Photo courtesy of Forsyth County Public Library, Winston-Salem, NC, Winston-Salem, NC, NC Photograph Collection, Winston-Salem, N. C. The Depot Street Renaissance mural by Leo Rucker represents the contributions of just a few of the many individuals, businesses and institutions that made the neighborhood that is now the Innovation Quarter a prestigious community and a thriving hub of Black enterprise. Visit the mural on 7th Street between Research Pkwy and Vine St: https://bit.ly/34X8uDn #blackhistorymonth #blackhistorymonth2022 #BHM2022 #bhm #blm #blackhistoryisamericanhistory #blacklivesmatter #blackhistory #history