A corner of Todd County that now serves as a storage area for school district buses once held a much different place in the community.
Todd County Training School served generations of Black students during segregation and became a center of education, athletics and community life in Elkton. Now, decades after the school closed and later burned, community members are working to make sure its history is not forgotten.
Charles Levell has spent years researching and preserving the school’s story. He said integration began around the time he was supposed to attend Todd County Training…