The Schools For Freedmen Historical Marker recognizes the establishment of educational institutions for formerly enslaved African Americans during the Reconstruction era. Following the Civil War, Memphis became a center for early efforts to provide formal education to freedmen and women seeking literacy and professional training.
The marker is located near areas where early schools and missionary organizations operated. It documents a critical chapter in Memphis history when education became a tool for social advancement and community building among newly freed populations.
Quick facts
- Coordinates: 35.1401473, -90.0545926
- Type: Monument
Contact
- 🔗 Website: https://register.shelby.tn.us/shelby_landmarks/
OSM tags
- Historic: Monument
- Name: Schools For Freedmen Historical Marker
- Website: https://register.shelby.tn.us/shelby_landmarks/