Conecuh County Training School was a school for African American students in Evergreen, Alabama. It became Thurgood Marshall High School when it was renamed for Thurgood Marshall who was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.[1] It was turned into a middle school in 1970. Its principal O. F. Frazier wrote that he was removed for a white principal and then let go.[2]

A photo of four teachers from the school is extant.[3]

Rufus A. Lewis taught for a year at the school.

It was one of the county training schools established.[4] County training schools received funding support from the Slater Fund.[5]

Studies were done at the school[6][7][8] and of its graduates.[9]

Alumni

References

  1. ↑ Company, Johnson Publishing (July 27, 1967). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Opportunity, United States Congress Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational (June 20, 1971). "Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Four African American teachers at the Conecuh County training school in Evergreen, Alabama". Umbra Search African American History.
  4. ↑ Caver, Joseph (October 20, 2020). From Marion to Montgomery: The Early Years of Alabama State University, 1867-1925. NewSouth Books. ISBN 9781588383617 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Negro Year Book". Negro Year Book Publishing Company. June 20, 1919 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Frazier, Augusta Jones (1949). An Experiment in Reading Guidance of Eleventh and Twelfth Grade Pupils at the Conecuh County Training School, Conecuh County, Alabama. Alabama State University.
  7. ↑ Crosby, Emma Brown (1951). A Study of Certain Factors that Contribute to Retardation in Achieving American History Among Eleventh Grade Pupils at the Conecuh County Training School, Evergreen, Alabama. Alabama State University.
  8. ↑ Ivery, Clara B. (1958). A Study of the Language Errors Made in Letter Writing of One Hundred 11th Grade Pupils of Conecuh County Training School, Evergreen, Alabama. Alabama State University.
  9. ↑ Cheatham, Micheal (1953). A Study of the Female Graduate of Conecuh County Training School with Recommendations for Curriculum Revisions, 1946-1951. Alabama State University.

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