Emmett Scott School
Rock Hill, United States
<br> <i>[Front]</i>:<br> This school, founded in 1920, was the first public school for blacks in Rock Hill. Named for Emmett J. Scott (1873-1957), a prominent educator who was then secretary of Howard University, Emmett Scott School included all twelve grades until 1956 and was a junior high and high school from 1956 until South Carolina schools were desegregated in 1970. The original two-story frame school, built in 1920, was demolished in 1952. <br><br> <i>[Reverse]</i>:<br> This property is owned by the City of Rock Hill and has been a neighborhood recreation center since the school closed in 1970. Seven principals served the Emmett Scott School during its fifty-year existence:<br><br> Frank H. Neal 1920-1924<br> L. B. Moore 1924-1938<br> Ralph W. McGirt 1938-1959<br> W. H. Witherspoon 1959-1967<br> George Land 1967<br> Richard Boulware 1968<br> Samuel Foster 1969-1970