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Douglass High School was a segregated high school in North Webster Groves, Missouri from 1926 until 1956. Named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the school served the area of North Webster, which had been settled by many black families after the Civil War.
- 1956
- 9–12
- 1926
- Webster Groves
24 de mar. de 2020 · Douglass High School was among the only black high schools in the St. Louis and Jefferson County area. Established in 1926, the school closed in 1956 following integration. The school was located in North Webster, an area that was predominantly occupied by African Americans.
13 de sept. de 2018 · Two of them, Frederick Douglass High School in Webster Groves and Kinloch High School, are gone, but Sumner High School and Vashon High School still stand in the City of St. Louis, the former in a historic building and the latter in a new one.
- Chris Naffziger
Douglass High School educated African-American students from across St. Louis County. The first principal of Doulgass was Mr. Herbert Davis (1925-1929), who established an academic program, athletic teams and clubs and organizations on a par with the best white high schools across the region.
1928 Douglass School begins high school classes; it is the only accredited high school in St. Louis County, for African-Americans, until 1954. 1940 Washington Park School District merges with Webster Groves School District; The "Little Brown Jug" Turkey Day tradition is founded.
Below is an incomplete list of resources pertaining to the history of Webster Groves. High School Yearbooks. The Library has a nearly complete collection of Webster Groves High School’s yearbook, The Echo, dating back to 1911. The above link will take you to our online collection of scanned yearbooks.
The first public school in the community was Douglass Elementary School, founded as a separate but equal school for African-American children in the post-Civil War black community in North Webster. In the 1920s, the school grew into Douglass High School, the only high school in St. Louis County for black students.
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