Hamilton High School, Memphis, commencement program, 1950

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Program of commencement events for Hamilton High School, Memphis, Tennessee, in 1950. These include Graduating Vesper Services on May 28 on campus, the Senior Class Play at Manassas High School's Cora P. Taylor Auditorium on May 18, and the Graduating Exercises at Metropolitan Baptist Church on June 1. 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_014.002

Date

1950

Keywords

Hamilton High School (Memphis, Tenn.)

Recommended Citation

"Hamilton High School, Memphis, commencement program, 1950" (2021). Other documents. 24.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-verticalfiles7/24