| ||||||||||
 
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details 
  
Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig 
Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... 
|
The story of Hiram Jackman, for whom Jackman High Named Columbia Adair County-Chamber Insights Black History Month Recognition:Hiram Jackman, born a slave in 1845 near Creelsboro Photo of remaining Rosenwald School with this article February is designated Black History Month. African Americans who made a significant difference in the lives of others are brought to our attention. One such man is Hiram Jackman who was born a slave in 1845 near Creelsboro. His owner, recognizing the little boy as being brilliant, defied the law forbidding anyone to teach a slave to read and write; he taught Hiram. Jackman fought in the Civil War Jackman enlisted in the US army during the Civil War. Being able to read and write was a great asset to him and to his fellow soldiers, most of whom were illiterate and powerless because they had no opportunity for an education. This instilled in Jackman the need and value of education. After the war, Jackman began teaching in Adair, Russell Counties After the war, Jackman, largely through his own efforts, began teaching African American adults in Adair and Russell counties to qualify them to teach children. There were a few small schools for "blacks" in Adair County; many Kentucky counties had none. Jackman taught students for 45 years; 28 of them in Adair County. He became an ordained Baptist minister and performed the first marriage ceremony in Adair County of former slaves following an act by the Kentucky Legislature in 1866 that allowed newly freed men and women to legalize their commitments. Booker T. Washington was allowed him to read Meanwhile, Booker T. Washington, born into slavery in Virginia in 1856, had benevolent owners who allowed him to learn to read. At age nine he began work in salt or coal mines but read whenever he could. Hampton Institute founded in Virginia During the Civil War, African American troops were under the command of white leaders. Samuel Armstrong, later a general, was leader of the 9th Regiment US Colored Troops. Armstrong, an abolitionist son of missionaries, became concerned about his troops, who had no job skills or education to earn a living. He established Hampton Institute, with the help of the American Missionary Association, in Virginia. It was a place where black students could learn while paying for their education by manual labor. Young Booker walked almost 500 miles to attend. He worked as a janitor and in 1876 graduated with honors. Armstrong recognized Booker's talents and suggested him as leader of a recently begun school for African American students in Tuskegee, Alabama. Booker followed thesame type education pattern as the one at Hampton. He sought and received donations from very wealthy white people and Tuskegee Institute grew rapidly. Julius Rosenwald of Sears backed Booker Washington's work One of his donors was Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears, Roebuck & Company. Rosenwald, who was Jewish, had grown up poor but made Sears and himself a financial success. He appreciated Booker's work and wanted to use his money to help stop the horrors of racial prejudice. The two of them established an innovative matching grant program to build well designed schools for African American students throughout 15 southern states where the children were not allowed to attend public schools. It resulted in 5357 schools built with Rosenwalds seed money and community support. Jackman High School was a Rosenwald School The program envisioned by Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald reached Adair County where five Rosenwald schools were built. The one built on Taylor Street in Columbia in 1925 was named Jackman. At first accommodating eight grades, it was accredited in 1934 as a four year high school serving four counties. The school burned in 1954. By then African American children were allowed to attend public school because integration had become law. Professor Jackman never saw the Columbia School named for him Prof. Jackman and Booker T. Washington both died in 1915, many years before integration of schools, restaurants, hotels and theaters. Jackman never got to see the school that was named for him by people in whose lives he'd made a difference. A flag pole still marks the Taylor Street site. Article first appeared in the February 2006 Columbia-Adair County Chamber Insights Direct comments are not available. However comments, subject to editing, are welcome by sending to: ed@columbiamagazine.com or linda@columbiamagazine.com. or through Submit a Story. This story was posted on 2006-02-22 05:00:09
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. (AD) - Many Reunion organizing efforts are also advertised in our REUNIONS category in our CM Classifeds. These are posted at a very low cost. See RATES & TERMS
More articles from topic Local History:
Bill Willis thinks Columbia was on an island, briefly, in 1961 CYRUS / Oil at Gradyville! Cyrus / How Wm. Stewart, Esq., sounded off about barbed wire Cyrus / Who voted for Abe in the election of '64? Cyrus / Gettin' hitched: what Judge Sallee asked the bride & groom Cyrus / For sale: ads from 1918. Cyrus / Thanks & a question: Does Adair County Bibliography Exist? LETTER: Wants information, Hughes family, 515 Burkesville ST, Columbia, KY Jason Harmon sends information on Orphan Brigade's John Green Reader has questions about her home, historic 515 Burkesville ST, Columbia, KY View even more articles in topic Local History |
 
115 Jamestown St. Columbia, KY. 270-384-2496 
  
   
 Provided by the Adair Co Fiscal Court and the Adair Co. Emergency Mgt. Agency 
|
||||||||
|
| ||||||||||
|
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
|
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
| ||||||||||
