| Description |
HANNIBAL,
MO - The Douglass School, housing all 12 grades, was where the African
American students of Hannibal were educated. In October 1954
Douglass High School had its last homecoming. The last graduating
class (1955) consisted of Shirley Douglass, Joe Louis Frazier, Blondell
Lasley, Lois Williams McBride, Mary Lucille McElroy, Charles Porter,
Crosteola Wallace, Velma Delores Ward, Delbert Williams, Mona Williams
and Charlotte Woods. Between its inception in 1878 and its closure
in 1959, a total of 679 students had graduated from the school. |
