the Black Heritage Trip

This friday we have the Black Heritage Trip. And we have some introduction about some building. My introduction is about the Abiel Smith School. So I want to give you some information ahout it.

The Abiel Smith School, located at 46 Joy Street, was constructed between 1834 and 1835. It was built by the City of Boston to house the African School and was one of the earliest buildings designed by architect Richard Upjohn. Starting in 1787, many black Bostonians fought tirelessly against the inequality and discrimination in public schools. At that early date, numerous community members, including Prince Hall, petitioned the state legislature claiming that it was unjust for their taxes to support the education of white children when the city had no school for black children. However, a small number of African American children did attend the city’s white schools in the early 1800s.The weather is so hot, but we learn a lot thought this trip.