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Conecuh County Training School

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High school in Alabama

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. 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.

A photo of four teachers from the school is extant.

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

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

Studies were done at the school and of its graduates.

Alumni

References

  1. Company, Johnson Publishing (July 27, 1967). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  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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