Draft:Finley School
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Not to be confused with JJ Finley Elementary School in Alachua, Florida Not to be confused with Finley School in Glen Cove City School District
Finley School, which grew to include Finley High School, was a school for African Americans in Chester, South Carolina. The school was named for Samuel Louis Finley Sr. (March 11, 1880-?) who was principal of Chester's "colored" school.[1] He was a leader of the South Carolina Colored Teachers Association.[2]
In 1951 a book studying its homemaking program was published.[3]
The school had auto mechanic, carpentry, and textile worker programs.[4]
The S. L. Finley Restoration Association is working to preserve the school's legacy.
Dovey Johnson Roundtree taught at the school for three years.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ Caldwell, Arthur Bunyan (1919). "South Carolina".
- ^ "Bulletin - Bureau of Education". 1913.
- ^ A Critical Analysis of the Homemaking Program in the Finley High School, Chester, South Carolina. Cornell Univ., Sept. 1951.
- ^ "Directory of All-day Trade and Industrial Education Programs Qualified for Federal Aid". 1954.
- ^ Roundtree, Dovey Johnson; McCabe, Katie (5 November 2019). Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights. Algonquin Books. ISBN 9781616209551.
- ^ McCabe, Katie; Roundtree, Dovey Johnson (2009). Justice Older Than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781604737745.