Love High School

Duane's take

Here's how the official marker tells it, and I'm gonna do it justice. Back in 1920, a man named T.W. Parker founded the Bremond Colored High School, right there in Robertson County, to give young African Americans in the Bremond area a real education.

That was the seed. But the story doesn't stop with the founding. The story, really, belongs to the man who came after.

In 1925, a professor named Charles Love walked through the doors as principal, and he didn't leave for forty years. Forty years. Let that settle in.

From 1925 all the way to 1965, Charles Love was the backbone of that place, preparing students year after year, pouring himself into that school with such dedication that sometime in the 1940s, the community did something you don't see every day. They renamed the school in his honor. It became Love High School.

Now the original campus, which no longer stands, wasn't fancy by any measure. Six classrooms, an agriculture building, a small auditorium, and a cafeteria kept running by the students themselves, volunteering their time to make the whole operation go. At a time when official segregation was actively limiting what African American young people could reach for, Love High School leaned into vocational and agricultural training, giving its students something real, something they could carry.

Then came 1965. The same year Charles Love's tenure ended, the school closed its doors, and its students integrated with nearby Bremond High School. The campus is gone now.

But the name Charles Love, well, that marker in Robertson County makes sure nobody forgets the man who showed up in 1925 and simply refused to stop caring.

What the marker says

T.W. Parker founded Bremond Colored High School in 1920 to educate young African Americans in the Bremond area. Professor Charles Love, principal from 1925-1965, played such an integral part in the school by preparing the students that it was renamed in his honor in the 1940s. The original campus, which no longer exists, housed six classrooms, an agriculture building, a small auditorium, and a cafeteria manned by volunteer students. At a time when official segregation limited opportunities for young African Americans, the school focused on vocational and agricultural training. Love high school closed in 1965 and its students integrated with nearby Bremond High School.