Osborne School (Lake Worth, Florida) Explained

The Osborne School
Address:	1726 Douglas Street
City:	Lake Worth Beach
County:	Palm Beach County
State:	Florida
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	26.5944°N -80.056°W
Type:	Racially-segregated public school for African-American children
Closed:	(23 years old)

The Osborne School was a racially-segregated public school for African-American children on 1726 Douglas Street in Lake Worth Beach, Florida.

The building was constructed in 1948 and used as a school until 1971. In 1971, Osborne was the last school in Florida to be integrated after the United States Supreme Court ordered the end of segregation in 1969.^[1] In 1980 the building was repurposed as a community education center.^[2] The building remains at 1718 S. Douglas ST, Lake Worth, FL.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Florida's Historic Black Public Schools MPS . 2003 . NPGallery Digital Asset Management System . . 51 . In 1969, the Supreme Court ordered segregation to end "at once." By 1971, integration in Florida was virtually complete, the Osborne School in West Palm Beach being the school with the latest date of integration as far as is known at the time of the writing of this cover..
2. Web site: Florida Black Heritage Trail. Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources. 2002. 55.