Armstrong Manual Training School

ID: 3217 ~ Source: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form ~ Date: December 1995

This file appears in: Armstrong Manual Training School: The Armstrong Manual Training School is illustrative of the national campaign for vocational training for African Americans promoted by Booker T. Washington.

Armstrong Manual Training School: The Armstrong Manual Training School is illustrative of the national campaign for vocational training for African Americans promoted by Booker T. Washington.

By The DC Historic Sites team

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Armstrong Manual Training School and M Street High School were the only two high schools in DC that admitted black students. From its founding, Armstrong…