Top honor seniors gathered after presenting Douglass High School with a $200 gift of lettering identifying the school on May 26, 1958, at Class Night exercises. Honor seniors who presented the name marker over the school’s front doors were, from left, Charlesanna Brown, Randolph Stewart, Lonny Demaree, James Barlow Jr., June Taylor and Carolyn Dawson. The name marker was installed with neon lighting. Douglass High was closed in 1963. On Monday, the Fayette County school board voted to name a new high school after abolitionist Frederick Douglass, in part to honor the former high school.
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