Love High School
Bremond, Robertson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
T.W. Parker founded Bremond Colored High School in 1920 to educate young African Americans in the Bremond area. Professor Charles Love, principal from 1925-1965, played such an integral part in the school by preparing the students that it was renamed in his honor in the 1940s. The original campus, which no longer exists, housed six classrooms, an agriculture building, a small auditorium, and a cafeteria manned by volunteer students. At a time when official segregation limited opportunities for young African Americans, the school focused on vocational and agricultural training. Love high school closed in 1965 and its students integrated with nearby Bremond High School.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Founded by T.W. Parker in 1920 as Bremond Colored High School, this school educated young African Americans during the era of legal segregation, focusing on vocational and agricultural training. It was renamed in the 1940s to honor Charles Love, its longtime principal from 1925 to 1965. The school closed in 1965 when its students integrated into Bremond High School.
Why it matters
The school's history traces the arc from segregated "separate but equal" education to integration, a central struggle in the American civil rights story.
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Related people
- · T.W. Parker
- · Charles Love
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