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Blackwell School Exterior
Lionel Salgado, Blackwell Alum
Celebrating Our History
Blackwell School Exterior
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The Blackwell School Alliance
Uplifting Undertold Stories, Completing American History
The Blackwell School Alliance is a non-profit organization based in Marfa, Texas working to defend and amplify the experiences of the Mexican-American public school experience during the era of de facto segregation.
The Blackwell School is the former de facto segregated school for Mexican-American school children in Marfa that operated from 1909 until 1966, and is currently operated as a museum.
On October 17, 2022, the Blackwell School was designated a National Historic Site as a unit of the National Park Service.
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