Kortrecht High School, Memphis, commencement program, 1914

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Commencement program for Kortrecht High School, Memphis, Tennessee, held at Church's Auditorium on February 2, 1914. The program includes the names of the graduating class and the faculty of the school. The school was established in 1873 as the Clay Street School, and was one of the first public high schools for African Americans in Memphis. It was renamed Kortrect Grammar soon afterward and Kortrecht High School in 1891. The school relocated from its industrial site to a new building at 715 South Lauderdale and became Booker T. Washington High School in 1926.

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sc.0495.014_017.001

Date

1914

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Kortrecht High School (Memphis, Tenn.)

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"Kortrecht High School, Memphis, commencement program, 1914" (2021). Other documents. 74.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-verticalfiles7/74