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Title
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[Petitions (Colored schools) Black Loudoun County Citizens petition for accredited high school]
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Description
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Petition addressed to O.L. Emerick, Superintendent, and members of the Loudoun County School Board from citizens of Loudoun County. The petitioners respectfully request that the Board build and maintain an accredited, up-to-date high school for the “colored children of our said County.” They state that the Board is maintaining 23 public schools for African American children, and argue that “our race is justly entitled to at least one High School in the County.” Without such a facility, families are compelled to send their children outside the county to complete their education. The petitioners pledge private contributions to support the effort, noting that “there are other sources of aid such as the Rosenwald and other funds,” but emphasize that this funding must be supplemented by a public appropriation from the Board. They close by affirming that “this request is a fair and reasonable one under the circumstances.” The document includes signatories in support.
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Tag
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Loudoun County, petition, high school, African American education, Rosenwald Fund, public schools, school board, O.L. Emerick, “colored children,” entitlement, signatories
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Identifier
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1015423
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Is Version Of
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1015423_EWP_Petition_HighSchool.pdf
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Is Part Of
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Black Petitions
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Source
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Petition labeled "2.5.A Petitions C Loudoun County Citizens - Unk Petition for accredited H.S. Perhaps first one of its kind" in the 2.5.A Colored Petitions Box in the Loudoun County Public Schools Record Office
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Language
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English
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Replaces
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest One/2 Petitions Plans School Board and Districts/2-5A_Colored_Petitions/Old_FIle_Petitions_Colored_Schools/Petition_High_School/EWP_Petition_HighSchool.pdf
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Transcription
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[page 1]
TO THE HON. O. L. EMERICK, SUPERINTENDANT, AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF LOUDOUNC COUNTY, VIRGINIA:
We, the undersigned citizens of Loudoun County, hereby respectfully pray your Hon. Board to build and establish a suitable up-to-date High School Building and maintain therein an accredited High School for the benefit of the colored children of our said County.
It is our information that your Honorable Board is no maintaining 23 Public Schools for the accommodation of our colored children and we believe that our race is justly entitled to at least one High School in the County be located in the discretion of your Honorable Board.
After passing through the said Public Schools we are now compelled to send our children out of the County for a complete HIgh School education.
We propose by private contributions to raise all the funds that we can – which we believe will not be inconsiderable – and, as we are informed, there are other sources of aid such as the Rosenwald and other funds for this purpose which need, of course, to be supplemented by an appropriation by your Board out of Public Funds. Believe that this request is a fair and reasonable one under the circumstances, Respectfully submitted,
W. H. Brown
Geo. A Brown
L .McWashington
J. N. Cook
C Wm Jackson
Edward Dade
Leslie Cook
Reabus Grayson
George Johnson
Lewis S Rector
Willis M. Carey
Lewis Rowe
Richard Moten
Meada Clark
Ben F. Harris
Rhoda A Harris
Isiah Allen
Charlie Jackson
Edward Cook
Phoebe Brooks
C. W. Deon
J B Harris
Lucien Allen
[page 2]
Annolia Ashton
Clarence Coles
Annie Winzor
Mrs. Mary S McCoy
J. R. Hicks
Thomas J Berryman
G. E. Stewart
Rev. W.A. Stewart
Mrs. Nathan Hall
Mr. Carl Cooke
M H Taylor
C.P. Cook
Carl Dawson
Landon Harris
Laura Rogers
W.H. Hall
Nathan Wyatt
Nathan Hall
Mary D. Warner
Mary E. Gaskins
William Evans
Richard H [Shist?]
Louis Sanford
Will Lewis
M. A. Randolph
B. E. Ramey
Wm Simbbella
Amos Trammel
Curtis W. Ewing
William Mitchell
Walter Cox
H. E. Tall
Granville Stewart
Mrs. E. M. Norton
J. H. Furr
G. W. Lee
J. W. Lucas
Henry Sinclair
Anderson Sims