June Graduates of the Central High School

June Graduates of the Central High School

African American Education, Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Twenty-four young Black men, athletes and scholars, graduated from Central High School, representing the largest number of Blacks to graduate in one class in the history of the school.

WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

June 25, 1931

Kristen Waltz, Erica Knorr

Used by permission of the Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. All rights reserved. The Philadelphia Tribune, with 130 years of continuous publication, is the oldest newspaper in the United States serving the African-American community.

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Tomorrow, Friday, 24 Negro Boys will be graudated in the Class of 195 from Central High School. The largest number of Negroes to Graduate in one Class in the history of the school. Four of them have such high averages they made first quarter of the class. Some are outsanding athletes.
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