"Hamilton High School, Memphis, commencement announcement, 1950"
 

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Commencement announcement for Hamilton High School, Memphis, Tennessee, to be held at Metropolitan Baptist Church on June 1st, 1950. A list of the graduating students is included. Hamilton High School, located at 1363 E. Person Avenue, began as a junior high school in 1941 and became a high school in 1943. It was named for prominent African American educator Green Polonius Hamilton (1867-1932), a former principal of Kortrecht High School.

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sc.0495.014_014.001

Date

1950

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Hamilton High School (Memphis, Tenn.)

Hamilton High School, Memphis, commencement announcement, 1950

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