Watkinsville in Oconee County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

E. D. Stroud School

A Georgia Equalization School

Photographed by David Seibert, May 17, 2014

1. E. D. Stroud School Marker

Inscription. E.D. Stroud School was established in 1956 as part of a statewide “equalization” effort for Georgia’s African-American public schools. As part of Georgia’s massive resistance to federally mandated school integration, politicians and school officials sought to address the blatant geographic and racial disparities in education by constructing hundreds of new (but still segregated) schools across the state during the 1950s-60s. This school was built to replace the Watkinsville Rosenwald School, located here until its demolition in 1956. Named for Rosenwald School Principal Edwin David Stroud, E.D. Stroud School included a home economics lab as well as a workshop and cannery in addition to traditional academic subjects. In 1969, as part of a countywide plan for desegregation, E.D. Stroud School became the integrated Oconee County Intermediate School. The school was renamed Colham Ferry Elementary School in 1996.

Erected 2014 by The Georgia Historical Society, the Watkinsville City Council, Bethel Baptist Church, the Oconee County Historical Society, the Oconee County Board of Education, and the Georgia Natural

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education.

Location. 33° 50.9′ N, 83° 24.483′ W. Marker is in Watkinsville, Georgia, in Oconee County. It is at the intersection of Colham Ferry Road and Morrison Street, on the right when traveling south on Colham Ferry Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 191 Colham Ferry Road, Watkinsville GA 30677, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Antebellum Trail,

in the Classic City Area,

and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies:

Photographed by David Seibert, May 17, 2014

2. E. D. Stroud School Marker

Birthplace of Bishop A. G. Haygood and Miss Laura A. Haygood (approx. 0.7 miles away); In Honor of Our Revolutionary War Patriots (approx. 0.8 miles away); Oconee County (approx. one mile away); Civil War Memorial (approx. one mile away); Oconee County War Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Civilians Abducted During Stoneman’s Raid (approx. 1.1 miles away); Site of Frontier Blockhouse (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Stoneman Raid (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Watkinsville.

Photographed by David Seibert, May 17, 2014

3. E. D. Stroud School Marker

The school is in the distant background.

Photographed by David Seibert, May 17, 2014

4. E. D. Stroud School Marker

After the dedication ceremonies, held in the school auditorium, attendees walked down to the road to the site of the marker.

Photographed by David Seibert, May 17, 2014

5. E. D. Stroud School Marker

Attendees at the dedication ceremony on May 17, 2014, gather at the covered marker.

Photographed by David Seibert, May 17, 2014

6. E. D. Stroud School Marker

The marker unveiled at the dedication on May 17, 2014.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2017. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 833 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 25, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.