Cooksville High School
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flyingmoose
N 39° 18.451 W 077° 01.254
18S E 325759 N 4352850
Located along the northbound side of Georgia Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMVG8
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2006
Views: 38
Cooksville High School
1935-1949
Site of the first public high school
for African Americans in Howard
County. Original site of Warfield
Academy, became Mount Gregory School
in 1867 for African Americans and was
the genisis of Mount Gregory Church.
Was a public elementary school by 1925.
Through the efforts of the community,
secondary grades were phased in
beginning 1935, with the first students
graduating in 1939.
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County (required): Howard County
Location (required): Cooksville
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