- Long School
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name = Long School
type = public,elementary school
location = 2520 Franklin Street Omaha, NE
district =Omaha Public Schools
grades = K-8
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free_label = Opened in 1886
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website =Long School was once located at 2520 Franklin Street in the Near North Side area of North
Omaha ,Nebraska . Long the focal point of the surrounding neighborhood, [Hruska, E.A. (1980) "The Long School Neighborhood: A Community Profile." Center for Applied Urban Research, Long School Neighborhood Association, University of Nebraska at Omaha, North Omaha Community Development Corporation. p i.] [ [http://www.livelyomaha.org/Neighborhood_Omaha/Long_School/LS_Place_Game.html "Long School Place Game Workshop October 6",] Omaha by Design. Retrieved 12/28/07.] Long School was one of Omaha's "black schools ". In 1952 it was identified as being the only school in Omaha with a 100% African-Americanstudent body population. [(1976) "Presentation of a Portrait: Federal supplement. [First Series.] " United States District Court. p 297.] The first two African-Americanteacher s in public education in Omaha were assigned to Long School in 1940. [(1976) "Presentation of a Portrait: Federal supplement. [First Series.] " United States District Court. p 317.] In 1947 the first African-American principal in Omaha,Eugene Skinner , was appointed to the school. [ [http://www.ahamo.org/blacks_in_omaha%202.htm Blacks in Omaha.] Retrieved 12/28/07.]Building history
Designed by locally renowned architect
John Latenser, Sr. , the school was lauded for "decorating and beautifying" its hall when built in 1886. ["School and Home Education." Public School Publishing Company. p 200.] With eight classrooms forkindergarten througheighth grade , the school cost $25,000 to construct. [Nebraska Department of Public Instruction. (1892) "School Buildings and Grounds in Nebraska." p 164.] The building was closed and demolished in the 1980s.Whitney Young
When
Civil Rights Movement leaderWhitney Young arrived in Omaha in 1950,Omaha Public Schools employed twelve Black educators. These educators, including several from Long School, quickly taught Young about schools in Omaha. Eugene Skinner, the school's principal, invited Young to speak at the commencement that year. [Dickerson, D.C. (1998) "Militant Mediator: Whitney M. Young, Jr." University Press of Kentucky. p 74.]ee also
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Education in North Omaha, Nebraska
*List of public schools in Omaha, Nebraska References
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