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Second Ward High School (1927)

Publication Year: 
1929
Object Year: 
1927

Once located at the corner of Alexander and First Streets, Second Ward High School was the first public high school for blacks in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. It opened in 1923. In the beginning, the school was a combination junior and senior high school with curriculum emphasis placed on academic and vocational courses. The school closed in 1969 and was demolished during the Second Ward Urban Renewal Project. Physical Description: Publisher: Laura Spears Malone

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School Name: 
Second Ward High
Type of School: 
Junior High
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Image Collection Category: 
African American
Image Collection Format: 
Black and White