| 词条 | Draft:Logan School (Concord NC) |
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Logan School was a public school for African American chikdren in Concord, North Carolina. It was established in the fall of 1925 and was located on South Georgia Avenue. It was was named for Rev. Frank Thomas Logan, an 1884 Lincoln University (which one?) graduate, chaplain at nearby Barber-Scotia College, Presbyterian minister, and the "father of education for African-American children in Concord." Although the State of North Carolina passed legislation in 1869 allowing the creation of publicly-funded schools of education for all children, most communities in the state were slow to establish them. In 1891, voters in the city of Concord approved funding for the Concord Graded Schools public school system. Previous ballot efforts to establish public schools had narrowly failed, and the only schools in the town were private academies. In October 1891, Grace Lutheran Church in Concord opened Grave Lutheran Parochial Day School for Concord's African-American community. the school was initially located adjacent to the church on East Corban Avenue. This school would continue to operate into the 1930s. During the era of "separate but equal" segregation, Logan School had its origins in another school that was opened in 1891 by Rev. Logan, originally named Concord Colored Graded School. This school was located at the corner of Chestnut and Tournament Streets, and was established as a one-room schoolhouse. In 1925, the need for larger facilities was very apparent, and as city voters were considering funds for other large new public school buildings, the need for a school for the African-American community was also recognized. In a location known as "Smith's Grove" on Georgia Avenue and Rone Street, a new school was built and named for the school's founder, Rev. Logan. The Logan School was originally inclusive of all grades, and over time came to include 8 buildings. The initial 1925 structure included 10 classrooms, a principal's office, and an auditorium. In 1932, another ten-room brick building was constructed as Logan High School, with 10 classrooms. By 1946 another four classroom buildings were constructed, and in 1950-53 a major addition was made, expanding the high school structure of 1932 by adding a library, classrooms and the James Auditorium. The area around Logan School became a social and commercial center of the Concord African-American community, with a library, day care facility, theatre and other commercial entities in the vicinity. By the time school systems in the south had begun to finally comply with the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court mandate to integrate schools, the Logan School campus was one of the better public school facilities for African-Americans in North Carolina, featuring a variety of buildings and the widely-acclaimed James Auditorium. Concord City Schools integrated their high schools in the 1968-69 school year, and Logan High School was closed with students moved to Concord High School. The elementary grades continued to operate at Logan for another year, and the school facility closed completely at the end of the 1969-1970 school year, with all the students transferred to other schools around the city district. Many neighborhood residents were saddened to see the closing of the community school, which still featured buildings and facilities in fair to good condition. Eventually, the City of Concord began to utilize the school site as a community center, but not until after many of the original buildings had been lost. Many new facilities occupy the site or its adjoining lands in 2012. Logan School produced many area and regional persons of distinction, and the school also had many teachers and administrators who went on to long careers in the consolidated Concord City Schools. ReferencesSourceDavis, Jr., Bernard. Portraits of the African-American Experience in Concord-Cabarrus, North Carolina, 1860-2008 External links |
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