27 Teachers Stay Home
Dublin Core
Title
27 Teachers Stay Home
Alternative Title
Newspaper Collage
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
High schools--Florida
Schools
Education--Florida
Description
Newspaper collage from the 1970 Jones High School yearbook. The articles describe the Orange County teachers strike of 1969, in which 27 teachers stayed home in protest of the county's decision to move black students to white schools and convert their former schools to other uses. The county implemented this policy after the courts ordered desegregation in all schools. Three of four black high schools were converted, but Jones High was spared.
Located in the Parramore/Lorna Doone neighborhood of downtown Orlando, Jones High School was the first area public school for African-Americans. The original building was located on the corner of Garland Avenue and Church Street, but the school was renamed the Johnson Academy and moved to a new building on the corner of Chatham Avenue and West Jefferson Street. In 1921, the school was renamed in honor Principal L. C. Jones and a brick colonial revival building was constructed on the corner of Parramore Avenue and Washington Street. The school was finally moved to its current location at 801 South Rio Grande Avenue in 1952.
Located in the Parramore/Lorna Doone neighborhood of downtown Orlando, Jones High School was the first area public school for African-Americans. The original building was located on the corner of Garland Avenue and Church Street, but the school was renamed the Johnson Academy and moved to a new building on the corner of Chatham Avenue and West Jefferson Street. In 1921, the school was renamed in honor Principal L. C. Jones and a brick colonial revival building was constructed on the corner of Parramore Avenue and Washington Street. The school was finally moved to its current location at 801 South Rio Grande Avenue in 1952.
Creator
Orlando Evening Star
Source
Original newspaper clippings: Jones High School Historical Museum, Orlando, Florida.
Publisher
Orlando Evening Star
Date Created
ca. 1970
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original newspaper clippings.
Is Part Of
Jones High School Historical Museum Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
537 KB
Medium
1 color photograph
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Jones High School, Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and published by the Orlando Evening Star.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Jones High School and is provided here by RICHES for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Jones High School Historical Society Digitization Project
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
Feigenbaum, Nancy. "A 100-year History Lesson At Jones." Orlando Sentinel, January 22, 1995. Accessed December 12, 2018.
Jones High School. School Information: History." Joneshs.ocpc.net. https://joneshs.ocps.net/school_information/history (accessed December 12, 2018).
Jones High School Historical Society, Inc. "About." Joneshighschoolhistoricalsociety.org. https://joneshighschoolhistoricalsociety.org/about/ (accessed December 12, 2018).
Central Florida News 13. "Jones High School Shares Its History." CFNews13, March 6, 2019. Accessed March 7, 2019. http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=563c8272-fdf2-4562-ba64-1d23be8221f9.
Citation
Orlando Evening Star, “27 Teachers Stay Home,” RICHES, accessed May 23, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/10546.