Elmer T. Hawkins delivering speech for the new Garnet School's opening ceremony
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Principal Elmer T. Hawkins in a suit standing at a podium atop a stage delivering a speech for the opening ceremony of the new Garnet all-black school in Chestertown, Maryland. Plants line the edge of the stage before him, and other men are seated on the stage. circa 1949
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Kent County Schools, Garnet High School
Public speaking, School buildings, African American schools, African American menMaryland--Kent County
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