To save SC’s historic Black schools, nonprofit launches statewide coalition

The South Carolina Historic Black Schools Preservation Network is meant to help pool resources and knowledge in saving Black schools.

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: August 28, 2026

Words: 1,396

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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COLUMBIA — Helping save Lakeview School in West Columbia is Earnestine Holden’s retirement job.

Like many of the people trying to save historic Black schools, Holden, who graduated from the school in 1967, isn’t a professional historian or grant-writer. She’s a passionate alum who wants to see the school she graduated from preserved for future generations to see.

Recognizing the difficulty many alumni associations face in navigating complicated barriers to saving the state’s historic …

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