In 1958, Horry County had one college, the four-year-old Coastal Carolina Junior College, now Coastal Carolina University. Because of Jim Crow segregation, Black students had no local college to attend.
The next chapter in the long history of schools in the Racepath area of Conway is about to be written. Workers are crossing the “t s” and dotting the “i’s” on the new Whittemore Park Middle School, which will open for the 2024-25 school year.
CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — The Horry County Board of Education toured the new Whittemore Park Middle School Monday afternoon. The school is set to open in August for the 2024-2025 school year. The current middle school building has had a historical impact since the 1950’s. Although the the school will have a new building, school staff […]
It has been 70 years since the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) case when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on May 17 that segregation of students by race was