🏛️ Rincon School

The Rincon School, also known as the Frederick Douglass School, was the first public school for African American students in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The school was founded on Rincon Street as a private school, in 1871 it became a public school, and moved in 1915 to what is now 318 Martin Luther King Drive. It has a historical marker was erected 2010 by Texas Historical Commission at 204 Augusta Street near the San Antonio River Walk. It was also called the Rincon Street Public Colored School, the Brackenridge Colored School, and Frederick Douglass Colored High School.