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Domestic News January 27, 1950

The Gary American

Gary, Lake County, Indiana

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In Richmond County, SC, the county board of education granted a request from Negro citizens for a Negro committee to investigate sites for a new high school, combining two grammar schools into a modern plant. Architects outlined plans at the meeting.

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Grant Request For Negro Committee To Probe New High School Site

Charleston, S. C. (ANP) -- A request by Negro citizens of Richmond county that a Negro committee be permitted to investigate available locations for selection of a site on which the proposed new Negro high school is to be erected was granted here last week by the county board of education. The request was made at meeting of the board, to which Negroes attended, where architects outlined tentative plans for concentrating one of two grammar schools into a modern high school plant.

Some of the citizens delegation

What sub-type of article is it?

Education Politics

What keywords are associated?

Negro Committee High School Site Richmond County Education Board School Consolidation

Where did it happen?

Richmond County

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Primary Location

Richmond County

Event Date

Last Week

Outcome

request granted by county board of education

Event Details

Negro citizens requested permission for a Negro committee to investigate sites for a new high school; board approved at a meeting where architects presented plans to combine two grammar schools into a modern high school plant.

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