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Today, if you sit in the Durham Bulls Athletic Park and look down the left field baseline, you will see a deck. It was in this spot that students of African ancestry in 1888 attended the first “Colored Graded School” in Durham, N.C. The "Colored Graded School" stood between the Durham Fertilizer Company factory and a tobacco warehouse. The principal ,James A. Whitted studied at Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Early teachers included Charles N Hunter (educator) and Whitted's daughters. After Mr. Whitted's death in 189_, the school became known as the Whitted School.

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For georectified map: https://digitaldurham.duke.edu/hueism.php?x=map&p=4&id=541