Editor’s note: This is the final of a twopart series about the Lincoln School and integration in Richmond. Part one began at the conclusion of the Civil War, which allowed for the education of Black children in Missouri, leading to the establishment of separate schools under the “Separate But Equal” doctrine. In March 1867, the Richmond Black community raised $200 to build a school, resulting in the opening of the Lincoln School in the fall of 1867, with Mary Bratton as its first teacher. Over the years, the school evolved, with its first Black teacher hired in the mid-1870s and eventually becoming a high school in 1908. Despite challenges, including the destruction of its building by a cyclone in 1878 and later changes in staffing due to World War II, Lincoln School played a crucial role in Black education in Richmond, facilitating access to high school education for Black students through arrangements with Douglas High School in Lexington. The Lincoln School remained the only…