SBH 065.1
Lucy Addison High School. Basketball game.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH065.1
SBH 061.1
Lucy Addison High School. Students in Home Economics Class.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH061.1
SBH 065
Lucy Addison High School. Basketball game.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH065
SBH 064
Lucy Addison High School. “Track meet, Lynchburg, VA.”
Sonny "Bay" Hale
Roanoke Public Libraries
1956.
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SBH064
SBH 063
Lucy Addison High School. Students in Shop Class.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH 062
Lucy Addison High School. Students gathered around a food cart.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH062
SBH 061
Lucy Addison High School. Students in Home Economics Class.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH 061
SBH 060
Lucy Addison High School. Group portrait of female students in formal attire.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH060
SBH 059
Lucy Addison High School. Dancers. “Olivia Skipper and Carolyn Carpenter.”
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH059
SBH 058
Lucy Addison High School. Students dancing. “Carolyn Law and Louis Claytor.”
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH058
SBH 057
Lucy Addison High School. Dancers.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH057
SBH 056
Lucy Addison High School. Dancer. “Joann Smith.”
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH056
SBH 055
Lucy Addison High School. Dancer.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH055
SBH 054
Lucy Addison High School. Dancers.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH 054
SBH 053
Lucy Addison High School. Cheerleaders.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH053
SBH 052
Lucy Addison High School. Singers.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH052
SBH 051
Lucy Addison High School. Music teachers playing piano. “Finny and Powell.”
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SBH051
SBH 050
Lucy Addison High School. School Choir.
Sonny "Bay" Hale .
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SBH050
SBH 049
Lucy Addison High School. Group portrait of male students in formal attire.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH049
SBH 048
Lucy Addison High School. Group portrait of students in formal attire.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH048
SBH 047
Lucy Addison High School. Group portrait of female students outside.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH047
SBH 046
Lucy Addison High School. Group of female students in gym clothes.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH046
SBH 045
Lucy Addison High School. Students at a school pep rally in the school’s gymnasium.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH045
SBH 044
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes. Students at a school function in the school’s gymnasium.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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February 8, 1957.
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SBH044
SBH 043
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes. School Band and Botetourt County School Bus.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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May 1956.
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SBH043
SBH 042.1
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes. on parade near St. Andrews Catholic Church.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH042.1
SBH 042
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes. on parade near St. Andrews Catholic Church.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH042
SBH 041
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
Roanoke Public Libraries
Gainsb
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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SBH 041
SBH 040.1
Lucy Addison High School. School Band and Majorettes on parade through Downtown Roanoke.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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Gainsb
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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SBH 040.1
SBH 040
Lucy Addison High School. School Band and Majorettes on parade through Downtown Roanoke.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH 039.2
Lucy Addison High School. School Band and Majorettes on parade through Gainsboro Neighborhood.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH039.2
SBH 039.1
Lucy Addison High School. School Band and Majorettes on parade through Gainsboro Neighborhood.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH 039
Lucy Addison High School. School Band and Majorettes on parade through Gainsboro Neighborhood.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH039
SBH 038.1
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes at Victory Stadium.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH038.1
SBH 038
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes at Victory Stadium.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH038
SBH 037.2
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes at school.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH037.2
SBH 037.1
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes at school.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH037.1
SBH 037
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes at school.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH037
SBH 036
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes at school.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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November 30, 1954.
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SBH036
SBH 035
Lucy Addison High School. Majorettes at school.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
Roanoke Public Libraries
November 1954
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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SBH035
SBH 034
Lucy Addison High School Majorettes.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH034
SBH 033
Lucy Addison High School Majorettes.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH033
SBH 032
Lucy Addison High School, Graduation Photograph "Mary Brandon"
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH032
SBH 31
Lucy Addison High School, Group of young women posing outside of the school with a car.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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May 1955.
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SBH031
SBH 030
Lucy Addison High School, Group of students
Sonny "Bay" Hale, Group of students
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SBH030
SBH 029
Lucy Addison High School, Student leaving school
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH 029
SBH 028
Lucy Addison High School, "Homecoming"
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH028
SBH 027
Lucy Addison High School, group of students
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH027
SBH 026
Lucy Addison High School, Young women dancing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH026
SBH 025
Lucy Addison High School, Group of young women
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH025
SBH 024
Lucy Addison High School, two young women posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH024
SBH 023
Lucy Addison High School, three young women posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH023
SBH 022
Lucy Addison High School, three young women posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH022
SBH 021
Lucy Addison High School, two young women posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH021
SBH 020
Lucy Addison High School, three young women posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH020
SBH 019
Lucy Addison High School, “Connie Isabel.”
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH019
SBH 018
Lucy Addison High School, “Lou Robin Roseboro.”
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH018
SBH 017.1
Lucy Addison High School, portrait of a young woman
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH017.1
SBH 017
Lucy Addison High School, portrait of a young woman
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH017
SBH 016
Lucy Addison High School, “Ruth Robinson” posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH016
SBH 015
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing, "August 1956, Mary.”
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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August, 1956
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SBH015
SBH 014.26
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.26
SBH 014.25
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.25
SBH 014.24
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH 014.24
SBH 014.23
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.23
SBH 014.22
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.22
SBH 014.21
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.21
SBH 014.20
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.20
SBH 014.19
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.19
SBH 014.18
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.18
SBH 014.17
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH 014.16
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.16
SBH 014.16
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.16
SBH 014.15
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke
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SBH014.15
SBH 014.14
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.14
SBH 014.13
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.13
SBH 014.12
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.12
SBH 014.11
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.11
SBH 014.10
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.10
SBH 014.9
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.9
SBH 014.8
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.8
SBH 014.7
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.7
SBH 014.6
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SB014.6
SBH 014.5
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.5
SBH 014.4
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH014.4
SBH 014.3
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing
Sonny "Bay" Hale
Roanoke Public Libraries
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SBH014.3
SBH 01
Lucy Addison High School. Choir.
Sonny "Bay" Hale
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SBH01
RVNH40306 Lucy Addison High
The second Lucy Addison High School (now Lucy Addison Middle School) under construction.
unknown
The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1951
Roanoke City Police Department
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Digital Image
Still Image
RVNH40306
RVNH40204 Lucy Addison High
Lucy Addison High School opened in 1928. Located at 40 Douglass Avenue NW, the building now houses Roanoke City Public Schools Administrative Offices.
unknown
The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s
Roanoke Public Libraries
1940s
Bob Stauffer
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Still Image
RVNH40204
FE139 Lucy Addison High
Lucy Addison High School opened in 1928. Located at 40 Douglass Avenue NW, the building now houses Roanoke City Public Schools Administrative Offices.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1928
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Photograph
Still Image
FE139
YMCA 002
William A. Hunton Branch YMCA
Lucy Addison High School Band at Victory Stadium.
YMCA Express at Gainsboro
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Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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YMCA002
Gainsboro
GB69 Harrison School
Harrison School Faculty 1948/1950.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
1948
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB69
Gainsboro
GB68 Harrison School
Mr. Thomas Payne's first class.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB68
Gainsboro
GB67.6 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.6
Gainsboro
GB67.5
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unkown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.5
Gainsboro
GB67.4 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.4
Gainsboro
GB67.3 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.3
Gainsboro
GB67.2 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
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Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.2
Gainsboro
GB67.1 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
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Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67.1
Gainsboro
GB67 Harrison School
Students playing on the basketball court at Harrison School.
Harrison School was built in 1916 for the cost of $31,818 and opened in the winter of 1917. Lucy Addison served as the school’s first principal. Addison was responsible for gradually expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison and she repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. That same year, Harrison School graduated its first class high school class, becoming the first public high school for African Americans in Southwest Virginia. After the opening of a Lucy Addison High School in 1928, Harrison School continued as an elementary school until the 1960s. From 1985 to 2009 the Harrison School building housed the Harrison Museum of African American Culture.
Roanoke Public Libraries
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Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB67
Gainsboro
GB29 Lucy Addison
Lucy Addison was born enslaved in Fauquier County, Virginia on December 8, 1861. After graduating from the Quaker-run Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia in 1882 with a degree in teaching, Addison began her life-long career as an educator. In 1886 she relocated to Roanoke, Virginia to take a teaching position at the Gregory and Gainsboro Schools. She was promoted to Assistant Principal in 1888 and accepted a position as Principal for Harrison School in 1917. After expanding the curriculum to include high school classes at Harrison, Addison repeatedly lobbied the Virginia Board of Education for full accreditation. Addison’s efforts were finally recognized in 1924 when the Virginia Board of Education accredited Harrison School as a secondary school. In 1927 Addison retired from Roanoke City Public Schools. A year later Lucy Addison High School was built and named in her honor. Lucy Addison High School served as Roanoke’s only African American high school until desegregation, finally closing as a high school in 1973. During her life, Addison served on several advisory boards including the Board of Trustees for the Burrell Memorial Hospital and the Advisory Board for the Gainsboro Library. Addison died in Washington D.C. on November 13, 1937.
George C. Davis
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB29
Gainsboro
GB10 Lucy Addison High School Football Game
Lucy Addison High School football game at Victory Stadium.
Steve Brody
Roanoke Public Libraries
September 24, 1959
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB10
South Roanoke
GB04 Lucy Addison High School Girls' Basketball Team
Lucy Addison High School Girls' basketball team.
Sonny Nathaniel "Bay" Hale
Roanoke Public Libraries
Unknown
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB04
Gainsboro
GB03 Lucy Addison High School Majorettes
Lucy Addison High School Majorettes in front of the Gainsboro Library.
Steve Brody
Roanoke Public Libraries
May 1959
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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GB03
Gainsboro
Davis2 11.64 Lucy Addison High Class
Lucy Addison High School Class of 1941.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1941
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Still Image
Davis2-11.64
Davis2 11.63 Addison High Class
Lucy Addison High School Class of 1943 in front of Roanoke Auditorium.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
1943
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Davis2-11.63
Davis 11.62 Lucy Addison High
Lucy Addison High School, shortly after completion of the addition.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1940
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Davis11.62
Davis 11.61 Lucy Addison High School
Lucy Addison High School after completion of the addition.
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1940
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Davis 11.6 Lucy Addison High School
Lucy Addison High School shortly after construction
George C. Davis Photography
Roanoke Public Libraries
Circa 1928
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Davis11.6