Black History

African Americans of Fannin County in World War I

Black Owned Businesses in Fannin County. A booklet prepared for the Black History Celebration in 2015

Colored Hospital.

A History of Rev. Johnson’s Hospital, by Tim Davis

Forgotten Dignity. The Black Community of Bonham, Texas. A Photographic History 1880 - 1930.

Three Bonham Blacks Talk About Their Lives.

From Slave Days to the Present: A Fannin County Story (Vera Ross and Mae Helen Higgs). By Tim Davis

Historic Fannin County Churches Offered Freedom in Many Aspects to African Americans. By Tim Davis

Shilo Cemetery and the Beckham Family. By Marianne Jones.

Oral History. Hattie Nichols (granddaughter of Jerry Chinner). Listen on YouTube

Schools:

Booker T. Washington School, Bonham

Bralley-Pendleton School, Honey Grove

Clark High, Ladonia

Farmers’ Improvement School (F.I.S. College)

Siloam School, Ravenna

Spoonamore Colored School

Colored Schools listed in the 1928 Fannin County School Directory

Churches:

Historic Black Churches of Fannin County

Bethleham Baptist Church, Bonham

Bradford Chapel A. M. E. Church, Bonham

Christian Chapel C.M.E., Honey Grove

Church of Christ, Bonham

Eastland Baptist Church, Honey Grove

Eighth Street United Methodist Church, Honey Grove

Fairview Baptist Church, Windom

Little Bethel Baptist Church, Ladonia

Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Ladonia

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Ladonia

New Home Baptist Church, Bonhan

New Jerusalem Baptist Church, Carson

New Life COGIC, Bonham

Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Trenton

Pleasant Grove C. M. E. Church, Ladonia

St. James Baptist Church, Honey Grove

St. Mark Baptist Church, Dodd City

St. Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Bonham

Union Baptist Church, Ravenna