IMAGE
Freedom High School Item Info
- Title:
- Freedom High School
- Creator:
- Children of the Struggle Project
- Description:
- Freedom High School opened in 1973 as part of a major consolidation of Burke County's secondary schools. The new school brought together students from several formerly separate high schools, including Morganton High School, Oak Hill High School, Glen Alpine High School, and Salem High School. Its opening marked a significant shift in the county's educational structure, occurring after the desegregation efforts of the 1960s and reflecting a move toward a unified, integrated school system. While Freedom High School did not directly originate from Olive Hill High School, its establishment came during the same period in which students from historically Black schools were being incorporated into the broader public-school network, symbolizing a new, integrated chapter for Burke County.
- Subjects:
- Freedom High School education desegregation integration place
- Location:
- Morganton, North Carolina
- Latitude:
- 35.74474713178156
- Longitude:
- -81.71971823816976
- Source:
- Children of the Struggle Project
- Source Identifier:
- freedom-high-school
- Type:
- place
- Format:
- image/jpg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Freedom High School", Children of the Struggle, History Museum of Burke County
- Reference Link:
- https://childrenogfthestruggle.org//items/freedom-high-school.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted. For more information, please contact Morganton Public Library North Carolina Room (828) 764-9266.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/