Scribner High School - New Albany, Indiana
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Historical marker commemorating a former African-American high school which had occupied the site.
Waymark Code: WM2H59
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2007
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Scribner High School
In 1880, an 1822 school building on this site became Scribner High School
for African-American students, under an 1869 Indiana law mandating public
education for African-American children and allowing segregated schools.
Modern facility completed and state commissioned 1907. Closed 1952 after
1949 state desegregation law. ~ text of marker
County: Floyd
Year Placed: 1998
Name: Scribner High School
ID#: 2219981
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