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The list I'm posting is from 1945-46, with the another tab listing accredited black schools. That's as much as was printed then, the list including school deficiencies listed by numbers, such as insufficient building and equipment. That was quite rampant across the state. Clinch County built a new Homerville High & Elementary in 1953-54. While they said the building was in terrible shape (shockingly, it's still standing), they admitted the driving force behind seeking state funds to get the money was because while it was separate, it certainly wasn't equal and that might cause a push for integration (note: this is pre-Brown v. Board of Education). Twin City High, which is listed, was cited as having an insufficient building. This was 1945. They got a new school in 1959 or 1960, probably partially because of a local newspaper article on conditions at the black schools.
That rambling aside, this list has school name confusion. Look at Dooly County, for example. We know Vienna and Unadilla didn't combine high schools until the early 1980s. Yet, the school at Byromville called itself Dooly County. Kibbee, a spot off the beaten path in Montgomery County, calls itself Montgomery County. Mount Vernon-Ailey's public school is intertwined with the private college, Brewton-Parker.
Some of the principals are missing off the list. The way I had to copy the pages, some of them were cut off or otherwise unreadable. Eventually, I'll go back and fill those in. UGA has a ton of these directories and they offer an interesting look at how public schools changed. Probably about 400 rural white schools closed between 1945 and 1954.
State-accredited four-year high schools are in capital letters. A '*' means it's a standard elementary and a '+' means it's on the Southern List of Accredited High Schools.
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