George Washington Carver Junior College

George Washington Carver Junior College. Location: 850 Hungerford Drive. , Carver was the first accredited two-year junior college conducted under the Montgomery County Board of Education for post-secondary education of Black students in the county., At the time, Lincoln High School, located in a historically Black community in Rockville, was the only Black high school in the county. Night classes for junior college were also held there. Increasing enrollment led to the building of a new campus and facility at Hungerford Drive and Mannakee Street, which opened in 1951 as Carver High School and Junior College., After desegregation in 1954, Carver Junior College was merged in 1955 with Montgomery Junior College in Takoma Park, but Black students still attended classes at Carver. The name "George Washington Carver Junior College" was no longer used after 1959. Now called Carver Educational Services Center, the site is the former headquarters for Montgomery County Public Schools., While principal of Lincoln High School, Dr. Parlett Longworth Moore led the effort to establish and accredit George Washington Carver High School and Junior College, where he served as principal and dean. He was president of Coppin State College in Baltimore from 1956 to 1970, completing a distinguished career of service to Maryland education.