Negro Schools Valued Education

Ishkooda Negro School is one of the schools built in Jefferson County Alabama in the Mining Camp to educate the workers children and children in the community. Most of the schools went from 1-4, 1-6, and 1-8 grades. A principal (who also taught a class) and 1 or 2 teachers was hired to teach the children at the school. Most Boards of Education in the county will have records about the school. If there are major cities in the County, then the records would be located at the City Board of Education.