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Harlem Academy School was a school for African Americans in Tampa, Florida. Christina Meacham,[1] Zacariah D. Greene and Blanche Armwood served as principals at the school. It was originally built with support from the Freedmens Bureau.[2]
History
Classes were initially held at the Hillsborough County Courthouse in 1868and it was originally known as School #2. A school building was constructed in 1889 at Harrison and Morgan Streets. It burned in 1892 and was replaced in 1895. A brick building was erected for the school in 1912. It closed in 1964.[3]
The school participated in the Jamestown Exposition of 1907, World's Fair, as part of at the Negro Building.[4] Christina Meacham, oneof its principals, helped organize the Florida Negro Teacher's Association.[5] A Tampa Middle school is named for her.[1]
In 2008 a historical marker was put up honoring the school as the first of its kind for African American students in Tampa.[6]
References
- ^ a b "New plan to replace the historic Meacham school: An urban garden". Tampa Bay Times.
- ^ "Harlemacademyschool.org". harlemacademyschool.org.
- ^ "Our History". harlemacademyschool.org.
- ^ Jackson, Giles Beecher; Davis, Daniel Webster (January 5, 1911). "The Industrial History of the Negro Race of the United States". Negro educational association – via Google Books.
- ^ Jackson, D. (September 29, 2008). Booker T. Washington and the Struggle against White Supremacy: The Southern Educational Tours, 1908–1912. Springer. ISBN 9780230615502 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Historic Harlem Academy/School #2 Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
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