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April 03, 2010

Douglass Elementary School, competed recently at the second annual Helen Ball Chess Tournament....
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In 1883, Andrew Morelock organized the first private black school in El Paso. The School was given the name Douglass in honor of Frederick Douglass, a great abolitionist. The first Douglass School was located in the home of John Smith, who at that time owned the property at the site of Gateway Hotel. After a short period of time, Douglass was moved to an adobe shack which was located on the site of the St. Regis Hotel. In 1884, Douglass School was moved once again, to the corner of Stanton and Second Street, this building was a great improvement from previous buildings in which Douglass School was housed. In March of 1886, Douglass School was disbanded due to funding. In the summer of 1886, the El Paso School Board adopted a black school into the public school system. Douglass School would not only retain its name, but it would now be located at the corner of Fourth and Kansas Street. During this time the school board hired the first principal and teacher at Douglass School, A.C. Murphy. Mr. Murphy would remain there for the next fourteen years. In 1896, the Board of Education organized a high school department in connection with the grammar school. Douglass was now, "Douglass High and Grammar School." In 1900, A.C. Murphy would be succeeded by W.R. Taylor for the next eight years. In 1908 another new principal came to Douglass School, William Coleman, who would be at Douglass for the next twenty years. Under Mr. Coleman, Douglass was finally established on the west side of Eucalyptus Street south of the Franklin Canal. "The Dragon History of Douglass School" by John Collyns Fullmore, Jr - Class of 1941. (American Printing Co., El Paso, Texas, 1941.)