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The Mighty Few: Exploring the History and Legacy of Washington Elementary and High School

Podcast von Washington Alumni Association

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Geschichte & Religion

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This podcast is an oral history of the former Washington Elementary and High School in Greenville, South Carolina, told by alumni who remember the challenges and thrills of growing up as a black student or teacher in the South in 1960s America. You’ll hear from athletic state champions, artists and musicians, community leaders, scientists, and scholars — all who credit the strong community and family-like atmosphere they found at this school with contributing to their love of learning and later passions and successes. Hear conversations full of determination, laughter, love, and heartbreak.

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Remembering Washington: Purpose and Legacy

In this final episode, we’ve invited a few alumni and community leaders to share what it means to leave a legacy. The Washington Elementary and High School alumni still gather annually to stay in touch and pass their stories down to a new generation of kids, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. There is a collective and profound sense of pride and appreciation for the former administrators, teachers, and students who made this school unique. The nuggets of wisdom, technical skills, and inspiration that Washington instilled in so many in such a short time provide many reasons to celebrate. The lessons learned at this school will never be forgotten. In fact, a request for proposal [https://www.codaworx.com/commision-view-details/?key=MTg5MDcx&rfp=1&utm_campaign=RFP%20Blasts&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=231202321&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--JVcx3h_X55rEl49VLWnQrHcrWYjdU-y9Zzlh420CtQDkIcEHZW3YyQbjB1SZaU4Vpx7jDvNH8FbkfnCEMxRaw6JMw5fYbRjSUbCaf1G4weEiXZyY&utm_content=231201376&utm_source=hs_email] has recently been created to invite artists to design a permanent memorial on the school's former site.  Introduction: Frances Brown Bishop Featured Guests: Addy Matney, David Mitchell, Rosa Fleming Byrd, Charles Gardner, James Avery Recorded at Bramble Jam Studios in Greenville, South Carolina, 2022. Pictured: Washington High School library, circa 1967.

30. Nov. 2022 - 21 min
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Remembering Washington: A Challenging Transition

Some of you listening to this series might be thinking…Washington Elementary and High School sounds like such a special place, why is this school no longer around? To answer that question, let’s go back even further to the supreme court ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954. The results of that hearing declared segregation unconstitutional. Despite the law, Greenville County Schools — like many school districts across the South, tried to continue accommodating its growing black student population by increasing the size and facilities of its all-black schools. Washington, after all, had started in response to the overcrowding of other area all-black schools, like Sterling.   And, while we’ve already demonstrated how Washington thrived as a community school in its brief existence — when the federal government finally forced the desegregation of public schools in January 1970, Washington Elementary and High School, along with several other black schools in Greenville County (12,000 students and 550 teachers in all) suddenly found themselves being bussed to a new location and very different environment. Many of Washington’s students were jarred by the suddenness of entering the newly desegregated Wade Hampton High and other schools in Greenville County in the middle of a school year.  It was a challenging transition… here are a few former students who remember details from that difficult and traumatic time. Introduction: Frances Brown Bishop Featured Guests: Osbornetta Scott, Susie A. Burton Recorded at Bramble Jam Studios in Greenville, South Carolina, 2022. Pictured: Washington School bus drivers, circa 1965.

30. Nov. 2022 - 18 min
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