Emmett Scott School

Emmett Scott School is a South Carolina historical marker in Rock Hill, York County, dedicated 1996.

York County · dedicated 1996 · Emmett Scott Recreation Center, 801 Crawford Rd., Rock Hill, Rock Hill

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Front: This school, founded in 1920, was the first public school for blacks in Rock Hill. Named for Emmett J. Scott (1873-1957), a prominent educator who was then secretary of Howard University, Emmett Scott School included all twelve grades until 1956 and was a junior high and high school from 1956 until South Carolina schools were desegregated in 1970. The original two-story frame school, built in 1920, was demolished in 1952. Reverse: This property is owned by the City of Rock Hill and has been a neighborhood recreation center since the school closed in 1970. Seven principals served the Emmett Scott School during its fifty-year existence: Frank H. Neal 1920-1924; L. B. Moore 1924-1938; Ralph W. McGirt 1938-1959; W. H. Witherspoon 1959-1967; George Land 1967; Richard Boulware 1968; Samuel Foster 1969-1970.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Emmett Scott Alumni and Affiliates

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