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A place in history
Taking a look at the schools that educated black students in Rockdale and Conyers during segregation
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A class of students next to the Bryant Street School, which burned down in 1950. - photo by Photo courtesy of Aldren Sadler Sr.
Few institutions capture the pulse, pride and devotion of a community like a school. For the black community in Rockdale and Conyers, the struggle for education reflected the larger struggle for equality in society at large. But schools also reflected the brightest hopes and aspirations of the black community.