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Kelly Miller High School

1903 establishments in West Virginia1956 disestablishments in West VirginiaBuildings and structures in Clarksburg, West VirginiaCommunity centers in West VirginiaDefunct schools in West Virginia
Educational institutions disestablished in 1956Educational institutions established in 1903Former school buildings in the United StatesHistorically segregated African-American schools in West VirginiaSchools in Harrison County, West Virginia

Kelly Miller High School was a 'colored' or 'negro' high school in Clarksburg, West Virginia operated from 1903 until school desegregation in 1956. The school was named in honor of Kelly Miller, an African American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist, author, and an important figure in the intellectual life of black America for close to half a century. At the time, Miller was Howard University Dean of the college of Arts and Sciences, and traveled to Clarksburg to discuss education as a way to help African Americans. The black community of Clarksburg decided to change the name of the school that same year, 1920, from Water Street 'colored' School to Kelly Miller 'colored' School. The school colors were black and orange, and the team was the Kelly Miller Yellow Jackets. The school's building has been the location of the central offices for the Harrison County Board of Education since 1982. The future of this building is in limbo as the board offices are planning to move to the former Gore Middle School which is a newer recently closed structure.

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Kelly Miller High School
Lee Avenue, Clarksburg

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26301 Clarksburg
West Virginia, United States
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