Photograph from album in Gertrude Bruce Center of
Blackshear High School.
Estimate date in the 1950's.
The following quote is from Historical Marker Located at 314 South Muskingum Ave.
GRADES SPLIT NOVEMBER 15, 1948 WHEN MODERN BLACKSHEAR HIGH WAS BUILT ON 20.7 ACRES BETWEEN E. MURPHY, MIDWAY AND MORNINGNSIDE STREETS. R.W. WHITE BECAME FIRST PRINCIPAL. FRED DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY AND COUNTY LIBRARY FOR NEGROES REMAINED IN ORIGINAL BUILDING WITH EDWARD K. DOWNING AS PRINCIPAL. EARLY SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED PROUD EDUCATIONAL LEGACY FOR ODESSA'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITIZENS.
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