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Straight College High School commencement invitation
Straight College High School
Amistad Research Center
New Orleans, United States
Prior to the establishment of New Orleans first African American high school, McDonogh No. 35, in 1917, Black sons and daughters, when their families could afford it, received their education at one of the city's three private high schools: Leland College, New Orleans University, and Straight College. This Straight College High School commencement invitation featured the 1917 graduating class's motto: Viam Reperiemus aut unum Faciemus, or We will find a way or make one.
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- Title: Straight College High School commencement invitation
- Creator: Straight College High School
- Subject Keywords: Straight College (New Orleans, La)
- Type: document
- Rights: Physical rights are retained by the Amistad Research Center. The materials in this exhibition are being made available for personal and scholarly research use only. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. If you are the rightful copyright holder of an item represented in this exhibition and wishes to have it removed, please submit a request to reference@amistadresearchcenter.org including proof of ownership and clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.
- Repository: Amistad Research Center
- Date: 1917
- Collection: George Longe papers
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