Wallace M. Quinn High School

Quinn High School was an all-black school in Apalachicola, Florida.[1] The school was closed in 1967 under the leadership of Willie Speed, who later became the first Black school board chairman in the county.[2]

The school was built in the late 1940s on land donated by Wallace Quinn.[3] While the two white high schools in the district got new textbooks and taught algebra and science classes, Quinn received second-hand textbooks and was told that Black children could only handle very basic material. Under the tutelage of Charlie Watson, the school reported one curriculum to the school district, while teaching a more advanced curriculum outside the eye of White administrators.[4]

Notable alumni

Frederick S. Humphries, President of Tennessee State University and Florida A&M University[5]

References
  1. Apalachicola Bay, p152, Kevin M. McCarthy, William L Trotter, Pineapple Press Inc, 2004
  2. "Black Legends".
  3. Adlerstein, David. "School declines Denton Cove settlement" (PDF). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  4. Paul, Jerome (August 28, 2001). "A LIFE'S WORK // CULTIVATING YOUNG MINDS". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  5. "FREDERICK HUMPHRIES". 9 July 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2022.


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