The first Catholic school for African Americans in St. Mary’s County was the Saint Inigoes Colored Parochial School. It met at St. Jerome’s Hall starting in 1887. It closed a few years later and was replaced by St. Peter Claver Catholic School, which opened in 1916.
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County: St. Mary's County
Themes: African American People and Culture, Civic Ideas and Action
Timeframes: 1877 – 1896 The Gilded Age
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher