Year Minimum Foundation building program completed 1955 and 1959. Until 1959 Brooks County and Quitman city were separate school systems. In 1955, Quitman city finished their building program, which was Washington Street, an all-grades African American school. Washington Street's predecessor, Brooks, had previously burned. Before the systems merged, Brooks County had its own school program. It was building a county high school, which happened to be on the same campus as Washington Street. Also being built were Brooks County Training, an elementary school in the Simmon Hill community, and Morven Elementary. When Brooks County and Quitman city merged, the two high school buildings became a singular school campus with the one name of Washington Street.

Year of total integration 1970.

Known high schools Brooks (Quitman) Brooks County Training (Simmon Hill) Morven Rosenwald Washington Street (Quitman)

Known schools 1942-43: Morning Star 1943-44: Barney, Brooks, Brooks County Training, Morven, Pinehill, Salem; 35 county schools (9/23/43 Quitman Free Press) 1944-45: Brooks County Training, Morven Rosenwald; 34 schools in the county (Quitman Free Press, 05/10/45) 1945-46: Brooks County Training, Morven Rosenwald 1947-48: Bethany, Brooks, Brooks County Training, Crossroads, Greenfield, Grooverville, Ham City, Macedonia, Monument, Morven Rosenwald, Mount Moriah, Mount Zion Concord, Pidcock, Piney Grove, Red Hill, St. John, St. Paul Bryant, St. Phillip Piscola, Salem, Spain, Sweetfield 1948-49: Adlai, Barney, Bethany, Bethlehem, Brooks County Training, Brooks Grammar, Brooks High, Cross Roads, Elizabeth, Greenfield, Grooverville, Ham City, Ione, Liberty, Macedonia, Monument, Morning Star, Morven Rosenwald, Mount Moriah, Mount Pleasant, Mount Zion Concord, Mount Zion Pavo, Nankin, Pidcock, Pine Hill Barney, Pine Hill Barwick, Pine Hill Brice, Piney Grove, Pleasant Hill, Red Hill, Richardson, St. Johns, St. Paul Bryant, St. Phillips Piscola, Salem, Spain, Sweetfield, Tallokas (apparently a full list; from schools' sanitation report) 1949-50: Brooks, Brooks County Training, Morven Rosenwald (36 in county; City/county high schools operate on a nine-month basis, as do all white county schools, but black county elementary schools are eight months, Quitman Free Press, May 11 1950) 1950-51: Adlai, Barney, Bethany, Bethlehem, Brooks, Brooks County Training, Cross Roads, Greenfield, Grooverville, Ham City, Ione, Liberty, Monument, Morning Star, Morven Rosenwald, Mount Moriah, Mount Pleasant, Mount Zion Concord, Mount Zion Pavo, Pidcock, Nankin, Pine Hill Barney, Pine Hill Barwick, Pine Hill Brice, Pine Grove, Red Hill, Richardson Creek, St. John's, St. Paul, St. Phillips, Salem, Second Elizabeth, Spain, Sweetfield 1951-52: Brooks, Brooks County Training, Cross Roads, Grooverville, Morven Rosenwald, Pidcock 1952-53: Brooks, Brooks County Training, Grooverville, Morven Rosenwald, Mount Moriah, St. Phillips 1953-54: Barney, Brooks, Brooks County Training, Cross Roads, Elizabeth, Empress, Grooverville, Ham City, Liberty, Monument, Morven Rosenwald, Mount Zion Pavo, Pidcock, Pine Hill Barwick, St. Phillips Piscola, Salem (Empress called a new school in January 1954; probably opened that fall as it was listed with principals before the school year began) 1954-55: Barney, Brooks, Brooks County Training, Morven Rosenwald, New Empress, Salem (17 schools in county, Sept. 2, 1954 Free Press) 1955-56: Brooks County Training, Morven Rosenwald, New Empress, Salem, Washington Street (Jan 26 1956 Quitman Free Press says 17 total county schools (not including Washington Street), down from 38 a couple of years ago) 1956-57: Barney, Brooks County Training, Cross Roads, Grooverville, Ham City, Morven Rosenwald, Mount Moriah, New Empress, St. Phillips, Washington Street (16 schools in county Aug. 9 1956 Free Press) 1957-58: Brooks County Training, Grooverville, Morven Rosenwald, New Empress, Washington Street (17 schools in county, Jan 16 1958 Free Press) 1958-59: Brooks County Training, Cross Roads, Grooverville, Ham City, Morven Rosenwald, Mount Zion, New Empress, Salem, Washington Street The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57. 1956-57: Brooks County Training (grades 1-12), Morven Rosenwald (1-12), New Empress (1-8) (county); Washington Street High and Elementary (1-12) (city). County list not complete. 1957-58: Barney (grades 1-7), Brooks County Training (1-12), Cross Road (1-7), Elizabeth (1-7), Empress (1-7), Grooverville (1-7), Ham City (1-7), Liberty (1-7), Morning Star (1-8), Morven Rosenwald (1-12), Mount Moriah (1-15), Mount Zion Pavo (1-8), Pidcock (1-7), Pine Hill Barwick (1-6), Salem (1-7), St. Phillips Piscola (1-7) (county); Washington Street (1-12) (city) 1958-59: Barney (grades 1-7), Brooks County Training (1-12), Cross Roads (1-7), Elizabeth (1-7), Empress (1-7), Grooverville (1-7), Ham City (1-7), Liberty (1-7), Morning Star (1-8), Morven Rosenwald (1-12), Mount Moriah (1-5), Mount Zion Pavo (1-8), Pine Hill Barwick (1-6), Salem (1-7), St. Phillips Piscola (1-7) (county); Washington Street (1-12) (city) 1959-60: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Empress (1-8), Morven Negro Elementary (1-8), Washington Street (9-12), Washington Street Elementary (1-8) 1960-61: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Empress (1-8), Morven Colored (1-8), Washington Street High (9-12), Booker T. Washington (1-8) 1961-62: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Empress (1-8), Morven Colored (1-8), Washington Street High (9-12), Booker T. Washington (1-8) 1962-63: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Empress (1-8), Morven Colored (1-8), Washington Street High (9-12), Booker T. Washington (1-8) 1963-64: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Empress (1-8), Morven Colored (1-8), Washington Street High (8-12), B.T. Washington Elementary (1-8) 1964-65: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Empress (1-8), Morven Colored (1-8), Washington Street High (8-12), B.T. Washington Elementary (1-8) 1965-66: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Empress (1-8), Morven Elementary (1-8), Washington Street High (8-12), B.T. Washington Elementary (1-8) 1966-67: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Morven Elementary (1-8), Washington Street High (9-12), Booker T. Washington Elementary and Junior High (1-8) 1967-68: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Morven Rosenwald (1-8), Washington Street High (9-12), Booker T. Washington Elementary and Junior High (1-8) 1968-69: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Morven Rosenwald (1-8), Washington Street High (9-12), Booker T. Washington Elementary and Junior High (1-8) 1969-70: Brooks County Training (grades 1-8), Morven Rosenwald (1-8), Washington Street High (9-12), Booker T. Washington Elementary and Junior High (1-8)

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