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'''A. S. Staley High School''' was a school for African American students in [[Americus, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willis |first=Vincent D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VIM8EAAAQBAJ&dq=staley+high+school+americus&pg=PA81 |title=Audacious Agitation: The Uncompromising Commitment of Black Youth to Equal Education after Brown |date=August 1, 2021 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |isbn=978-0-8203-5970-0 |pages=81–82 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCxLzQEACAAJ | title=A.S. Staley High School Reunions from 1993-2007 | year=2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americustimesrecorder.com/2018/08/11/staley-high-school-class-of-1968-reunites-for-50th/|title=Staley High School Class of 1968 reunites for 50th|first=Beth|last=Alston|date=August 11, 2018|website=Americus Times-Recorder}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Frady |first=Marshall |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=staley+high+school+americus&pg=PA49 |title=One Another Town |date=February 12, 1971 |publisher=[[Life (magazine)|LIFE]] |page=49 |language=en}}</ref> It was the last segregated high school in Americus when it graduated its last class in 1968. It was named in honor of Rev. Alfred Samuel Staley, an educator who served as principal of the school for African Americans that preceded it, McCay Hill School.<ref>https://www.sumtercountyhistory.com/history/StalyHigh.htm</ref><ref name=sch>https://www.sumtercountyhistory.com/history/AmSchHx.htm</ref>
'''A. S. Staley High School''' was a school for African American students in [[Americus, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Willis |first=Vincent D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VIM8EAAAQBAJ&dq=staley+high+school+americus&pg=PA81 |title=Audacious Agitation: The Uncompromising Commitment of Black Youth to Equal Education after Brown |date=August 1, 2021 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |isbn=978-0-8203-5970-0 |pages=81–82 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCxLzQEACAAJ | title=A.S. Staley High School Reunions from 1993-2007 | year=2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americustimesrecorder.com/2018/08/11/staley-high-school-class-of-1968-reunites-for-50th/|title=Staley High School Class of 1968 reunites for 50th|first=Beth|last=Alston|date=August 11, 2018|website=Americus Times-Recorder}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Frady |first=Marshall |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=staley+high+school+americus&pg=PA49 |title=One Another Town |date=February 12, 1971 |publisher=[[Life (magazine)|LIFE]] |page=49 |language=en}}</ref> It was the last segregated high school in Americus when it graduated its last class in 1968. It was named in honor of Rev. Alfred Samuel Staley, an educator who served as principal of the school for African Americans that preceded it, McCay Hill School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sumtercountyhistory.com/history/StalyHigh.htm|title=History of A.S. Staley High School|website=www.sumtercountyhistory.com}}</ref><ref name=sch>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sumtercountyhistory.com/history/AmSchHx.htm|title=Americus School History|website=www.sumtercountyhistory.com}}</ref>


It was one of 16 distinguished schools for blacks selected to participate in a Rockefeller Foundation study. South Carolina's Museum of Education featured the school in an exhibition.<ref>https://www.museumofeducation.info/staley.html</ref> The school primarily taught manual and domestic education. Anthony's High School for whites was constructed about the same time.
It was one of 16 distinguished schools for blacks selected to participate in a Rockefeller Foundation study. South Carolina's Museum of Education featured the school in an exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.museumofeducation.info/staley.html|title=USC: Museum of Education|website=www.museumofeducation.info}}</ref> The school primarily taught manual and domestic education. Anthony's High School for whites was constructed about the same time.


Daniel T. Grant served as the school's principal and wrote his autobiography ''When the Melon is Ripe'' about his experiences. He instituted the school's band program.<ref name=sch/>
Daniel T. Grant served as the school's principal and wrote his autobiography ''When the Melon is Ripe'' about his experiences. He instituted the school's band program.<ref name=sch/>

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A. S. Staley High School was a school for African American students in Americus, Georgia.[1][2][3][4] It was the last segregated high school in Americus when it graduated its last class in 1968. It was named in honor of Rev. Alfred Samuel Staley, an educator who served as principal of the school for African Americans that preceded it, McCay Hill School.[5][6]

It was one of 16 distinguished schools for blacks selected to participate in a Rockefeller Foundation study. South Carolina's Museum of Education featured the school in an exhibition.[7] The school primarily taught manual and domestic education. Anthony's High School for whites was constructed about the same time.

Daniel T. Grant served as the school's principal and wrote his autobiography When the Melon is Ripe about his experiences. He instituted the school's band program.[6]

See also

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Americus Institute

References

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  1. ^ Willis, Vincent D. (August 1, 2021). Audacious Agitation: The Uncompromising Commitment of Black Youth to Equal Education after Brown. University of Georgia Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-0-8203-5970-0.
  2. ^ "A.S. Staley High School Reunions from 1993-2007". 2019.
  3. ^ Alston, Beth (August 11, 2018). "Staley High School Class of 1968 reunites for 50th". Americus Times-Recorder.
  4. ^ Frady, Marshall (February 12, 1971). One Another Town. LIFE. p. 49.
  5. ^ "History of A.S. Staley High School". www.sumtercountyhistory.com.
  6. ^ a b "Americus School History". www.sumtercountyhistory.com.
  7. ^ "USC: Museum of Education". www.museumofeducation.info.
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