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Douglass High School: Students' Perspectives On Attending A Segregated School, Lee Ann Hvizdak Porter
Douglass High School: Students' Perspectives On Attending A Segregated School, Lee Ann Hvizdak Porter
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Douglass High School (DHS), named for the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, was a segregated high school built in 1924 located in Huntington, West Virginia. For thirty-seven years the three-story brick building served as a major academic, social, and cultural resource for African American families in Huntington. Many students considered the school to be the heart of the black community, even given the challenges of segregated schools of the era. This study traces the historical development of Douglass as a segregated African American junior/senior high school in Cabell County, West Virginia. The research focuses on the experience of DHS alumni to gain …
0589: Nellie Radford Diploma, 1911, Marshall University Special Collections
0589: Nellie Radford Diploma, 1911, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is composed of a 1911 diploma for Nellie from Douglas[sic?] High School in Huntington, West Virginia. The diploma is mounted on cardboard and signed by Wilson Foulk, J. W. Scott, C. W. Kend__ and J. K. Oney.