Southern School -- Marker #12-71
N 39° 19.664 W 082° 59.036
17S E 328996 N 4355022
This marker for the Southern School is located in Chillicothe, Ohio, on the corner of W. 7th Street and S. Walnut Street and was placed in 2003.
Waymark Code: WM2M36
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 11/18/2007
Views: 35
The marker text: "Responding to calls for equality in education for the city's African-American children, the Chillicothe Board of Education established Southern School here in 1874. Led by Principal Joseph D. Hackley and teachers Sara K. Fidler, Jennie Gilmore, George Hackley, and Annie E. Nickens, the school was the first in Chillicothe dedicated to educating African-American students in grades one through six. During its eighty-two year history, Southern School attracted devoted educators, including Anna Hayes, Cora Medley Stewart, and Eva Warner Price (the school's last principal), who each served more than thirty years. Following the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which held that segregated schools were unconstitutional, the Citizens' Committee for Southern School petitioned the board of education to end the practice here. In 1955, the board moved the Southern School's primary grades to Central School. The final day for Southern School was June 1, 1956."
Marker Number: 12-71
County: Ross
Significance of Location: Thing
Bicentenial Mark: yes
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
Website address: Not listed
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