Marker Text:
On this site stands Ashburn Colored School, a one-
room public schoolhouse built ca. 1892 for African
American students. Virginia's public school system,
established in 1870, was racially segregated from
its inception. Schools for black children received
less funding and offered fewer educational
opportunities than those for whites. The U.S.
Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education
(1954) that segregated schools were unconstitutional,
but Virginia's government resisted integration.
This school closed in 1958, when its students were
transferred to a new segregated school in Leesburg.
Loudoun County schools were fully desegregated
in the 1968-1969 school year.