Dr. Randolph Wilson Bromery, 1926 - 2013
His parents called him "filibuster", because even as a young child he had the ability to talk.
Lawrence Randolph Bromery, 1900 - 1974
As a young black in Cumberland, L. Randolph Bromery ended his formal educational pursuits at high school age. This was at a time when black students were obliged to obtain their high school education by entering the back door of a school on Greene Street, (most likely the Allegany County High School which was built in 1908 and burned down in 1932) at night and to pay for those classes as well! This experience taught Randolph a lesson no school could provide.
Edith Bracey, 1893 - 1960
Edith Bracey was an elementary school teacher at Carver School, for African-American children, where her husband, Earle L. Bracey, served as principal.
Depicted in this photograph, taken sometime in the mid-1970s most likely, are from left to right, Earle L. Bracey (1904-1983), Mary Reed, and Mary Carter. All three were former teachers at Carver High School, where Earle Bracey also served as Principal. Prior to his retirement from education, the 1965 Sabre, yearbook of Fort Hill High School, depicts Mr. Bracey, a University of Michigan graduate, on staff administering attendance and supervising Visual Education. (additional information on Earl L. Bracey appears elsewhere on this website). Few former Carver teachers remain.
Earle L. Bracey, 1904 - 1983
Earle L. Bracey served as principal of Carver High School from 1931 until its closing in 1959. It was Bracey who desired that the school name be changed from "Frederick Street School" to that of some important black person. In 1941, in an election among the students, the famed black scientist George Washington Carver won out over Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglas.
James H. Ashby, Jr., 1953-2009
History in black, white
Slavery and separation part of local heritage
By ANDREA ROWLAND
Blacks in Washington County share a local history rooted along a less than one-quarter mile stretch in downtown Hagerstown. Jonathan Street has housed, fed, entertained — and sometimes frightened — many of its black residents for more than two centuries.
Ida Ruth (Price) Gulliver – Pioneering Piedmont Teacher
The following article by Mona Ridder appeared in the October 6, 2018 edition of the Cumberland Times-News
PIEDMONT, W.Va. — It was the 1957-58 school year and a young teacher had come to Keyser to teach seventh- and eighth-graders. She had transferred from Piedmont after the closure of the all-black Howard High School, where she had previously taught.
KKK "Rally" - Cumberland, 2014
“Peace and Unity” Prevails in Washington County
Several events were held throughout Washington County in response to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) march in Sharpsburg on August 28, 2004. Rather than confront or directly protest the KKK, the purpose of these events was to depict and promote a sense of love, peace and unity.