Frances Marie Grundy, El Paso TX, 1931

Studio photograph of Frances Marie Grundy at the age of six in downtown El Paso, Texas. "Frances Grundy attended Douglass for twelve years. She was in the original class that started in the kindergarten. Frances has the highest average in her class. The average, 92.76, is one of the highest ever made at the school. Frances is a talented musician. She plays the piano well and plays alto saxophone in the band. She is not athletic, but is one of the best students that the school has ever had. Her intentions are to continue studies in college." These words written about Frances in the book, The Dragon - History of Douglass School by John Collyns Fullmore, Jr., Class of 1941. Frances Grundy could attend only one school in El Paso, Texas. That school was Douglass, this was the only school opened to black people. The school offered classes such as reading, spelling, literature, mathematics, chemistry, physical education, sports, band, choir, home economics and manual training. Douglass also offered a night school so ex-students could finish their high school work and graduate. However, the school was still not part of the Texas school system because segregation remained legal.

Área: Central / South Central

Fuente: Frances Marie Grundy

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Preparatoria Douglass - Leatrice Mathis McKinney - 1940

Attended college in Kansas City, Missouri. Married Lonnis McKinney in 1941. Worked as an elevator operator during the war while her husband was in the service. Moved to Los Angeles and now works as a tabulator and biller in the order department for a manufacturing concern. She has one daughter, Priscilla Andrea and one son, Lonnis Frank, Jr. and two grandsons. Resides in Los Angeles, California.

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Douglass High School

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Douglass High School - Annie Eagans Smith - 1940

Married Herbert F. Smith from Tuscon, Arizona. Lived in many parts of the world including Germany and Japan until husband retired as a Colonel in 1974. Graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso and is presently employed as a teacher in the Ysleta Independent School District. She has two children: Rose and Herbert, Jr. and three grandchildren. The family resides in El Paso, Texas.

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Douglass High School

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Douglass High School - Eugene Ford Jr. - 1940

Eugene Ford graduated from Prairie View A. and M. University majoring in Architectural Engineering. He work­ed in the Port Arthur School System, Port Arthur, Texas for twenty years. Is currently a supervisor with the Federal Housing Authority out of Houston, Texas. Married and has four children and three grandchildren. Resides in Port Ar­thur, Texas.

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Douglass High School

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Douglass High School - Belearphron Mathis Collins - 1940

Attended college in Kansas City, Missouri. Married Henry Dupree. Had one daughter, Cynthia. Attended. a trade school in El Paso to study cashiering and being a grocery clerk. She married Edward E. Collins in 1965 and traveled to Okinawa. She lived in Los Angeles for five years and then moved to Twenty Nine Palms where she now lives and works at the Marine Corps Base Exchange.

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Douglass High School

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Douglass High School - Leola B. Roberts Rivers - 1940

Attended Juliet Beauty Academy in San Francisco, California and the Madam Freeman School of Beauty in Savannah, Georgia. In 1967, she established Junior's Record Shop in Tacoma, Washington, which she owns and operates. She is a booking agent for Globe Entertainment Enterprises. She has traveled to Weisbaden and Karbrushe, Germany. She married Emmit Rivers and they have two children, Emmit Rivers Jr. and Monica Rivers. Mrs. Rivers belongs to many clubs and organizations. She is active with the St. John Baptist Church in Tacoma, Washington. She resides with her family in Puyallup, Washington.

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Douglass High School

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Douglass High School - Mary E. Austin Kelley - 1940

Attended Crescent Beauty School in Austin, Texas in 1940-1941. She worked in that field for many years. Later she worked at Thomason General Hospital and as a teacher's aide for the El Paso Independent School District. She married Rogers D. Kelley in 1944 and they have two children. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley reside at 817 Santa Barbara Drive, El Paso, Texas.

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Douglass High School

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Douglass High School - Jewel Allen - 1941

Jewel Allen served several years as an Army Officer. She now lives in Oakland, California and currently is employed with the U.S. Postal Service.

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Douglass High School

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Clase de 1941 - Escuela secundaria Douglass

Clase de 1941 - Escuela secundaria Douglass - El Paso, Texas. Incluida esta Mildred Parish, la mama de la Honorable Barbara Lee y Frances Grundy.

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Douglass High School

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Escuela secundaria Douglass - 1941

Escuela secundaria Douglass - 1941 - El Paso, Texas - estudiantes de la clase de 1941

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Douglass High School

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Nick Mathis - 1952

Nick Mathis entered Douglass School at 101 South Eucalyptus Street in 1942. She left Douglass High School in 1952.

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Nick Mathis

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Josephine Grisby - Dunn - 1920

Josephine Grisby - Dunn - 1920 La tía de Nick Mathis vivía en Dallas, Texas. Nick Mathis ingreso en la escuela Douglass en la calle South Eucalyptus 101 en 1942; ella se fue de la escuela secundaria Douglass en 1952.

Área: Out of Area / Out of Area

Fuente: Nick Mathis

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Graduación de Harvard - Nick Mathis - 1980

Ceremonia de graduación de Harvard - Escuela de Educación - 1980 - ella asistió a la escuela secundaria Douglass en El Paso, Texas.

Área: Out of Area / Out of Area

Fuente: Nick Mathis

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Blanche Henderson Grundy - Graduación - 1950's

Blanche Henderson Grundy - Graduación - 1950's - Universidad New Mexico A&M - Maestría Fue la madre de Frances Grundy quien fue graduada de la secundaria Douglass en El Paso, Texas.

Área: Out of Area / Out of Area

Fuente: Frances Marie Grundy

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

William Alexander Henderson - 1880 - El Paso, Texas

Fotografía - William Alexander Henderson - 1880 William Henderson sirvió en la 9na caballería durante las guerras indias de 1873 a 1878. Nacido en Virginia en 1850, hizo de El Paso su hogar hasta su muerte en 1934. Henderson y su familia eran miembros de La Segunda Iglesia Bautista, donde más tarde se convirtió en diácono. La iglesia fue construida en 1906 y construida con los ladrillos que hizo Henderson, ya que era un popular fabricante de ladrillos en El Paso. También hizo los ladrillos usados para construir el salón masónico de El Paso. Henderson era miembro de la Masonería de Prince Hall, afiliada a los masones, y sirvió como amo adorador de la Sunset Lodge No. 76. Hablaba español con fluidez y trabajó brevemente para el gobierno mexicano con otra figura de nota, el teniente Henry O. Flipper. (Imágenes de América - Afroamericanos en El Paso)

Área: Central / South Central

Fuente: Frances Marie Grundy

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Blanche Ethel Henderson - 1906

Madre de Frances Marie Grundy quien asistió a la secundaria Douglass clase de 1941. Blanche Ethel Henderson a la edad de ocho. El papa de Blanche fue William "Bill"Alexander Henderson quien sirvió en la Caballeria novena durante las Guerras indias desde 1873 a 1878.

Área: Central / Downtown

Fuente: Frances Marie Grundy

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Frances Marie Grundy - Escuela secundaria Douglass - 1941

Frances Marie Grundy - Escuela secundaria Douglass - 1941

Área: Central / Chamizal

Fuente: Frances Marie Grundy

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History

Frances Marie Grundy Boda - 1949

28 de diciembre de 1949 - boda de Frances Marie Grundy - Capilla A.M.E. Iglesia. Casados por el Rev. Crenshaw pastor de Second Baptist Church.

Área: Central / Five Points

Fuente: Frances Marie Grundy

Cargado por: El Paso Museum of History