Thanks for bringing attention to the site of the Jackman School, an historic Rosenwald School. I regret that when I wrote the information for the landscape plaque I did not get the name correct. It should read: Parker Hardin Jackman, not P. Hiram as was the name in the library files, where I got the information.

When there was publicity regarding Rosenwald Schools in the Courier-Journal, I contacted Byron Crawford about our Jackman Rosenwald School. He wrote a great article. It was read by Jackman's great granddaughter, who corrected the name - too late though to change the name on the plaque.

Jackman left a legacy as an educator. Although born into slavery, he had been taught to read and knew the importance of that skill. So he taught others who then became teachers. He died before the Jackman School was built, but it was named in his honor. Too bad, he never got to see it.

A framed photo of Jackman and his brother is hanging in the Trabue-Russell House. --Vonnie