- Colored Memorial School/Risley
High School GHS Historical Marker
- Located at Risley Learning Center, 1800 Albany St.,
Brunswick
- 31°09.316, 081°29.468
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- Colored Memorial School
- and
- Risley High School
Brunswick's first public school for African
Americans opened in 1870 as the Freedmen's School, later changed
to Risley School to honor Captain Douglas Gilbert Risley, who
raised funds for the school's construction. In 1923 the adjacent
building, Colored Memorial High School, was built and named to
honor African-American veterans in World War I. In 1936 Risley
High School was built on the site of the 1870 Freedmen's School
and remained in service until 1955 when a new Risley High School
was constructed. Both the Colored Memorial School and Risley
High School are landmarks of African-American education in Glynn
County.
- Erected by the Georgia
Historical Society, the
- Glynn County Board of
Education, and the
- 2004.4 Risley Alumni
Association, Inc. 63-5
Go to Glynn County Historical Markers page
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