
In this May 12, 2017 photo, Herschel Johnson steps out of a former one-room schoolhouse for black students known as the Stanley Institute in Cambridge, Md. "We are so proud of it," Herschel said of the school that educated the local black community for nearly 100 years, and that is now a stop on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway that makes a big impression on visitors. "They are amazed that they can look back and see, especially children," Johnson said. "The questions that we get from children, for instance, we've had children ask us: 'Where is the gym? Where do you eat lunch?" (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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