The African American community of Courtland, led by Principal Richard A. Hubbard, bought this land to establish a public school for its students in a segregated South. Prior to this, Black students gathered in various locations as part of the . . . — — Map (db m302013) HM
Local farmer Frank Davis and his wife, Annie Lee, offered their house as a classroom space for African American students after a devastating fire destroyed the North Alabama Baptist Academy building in 1928. Located in a part of town once known as . . . — — Map (db m277899) HM
