Record #:

40944

Author(s):

Green, Jim

Abstract:

The first African American elected to Elizabeth City State Teacher’s College, Cooper was instrumental in Gates Training School becoming the first Gates County high school for African Americans. Respect earned from students and parents over a forty-year career also offered Cooper the privilege of an elementary school named in his honor.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p12-13

Subject(s):

Black high schools--Gates County--Thomas S. Cooper; Gates Training School--black high schools--Gates County; Elizabeth City State Teacher's College--see also Elizabeth City State University; Elizabeth City State Colored Normal School--see also Elizabeth City State University ; Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932; Rosenwald Schools; Elizabeth City State Teachers College--Board of Trustees; Elizabeth City Colored Schools--Thomas S. Cooper ; T.S. Cooper Elementary School (Sunbury); Unincorporated areas--North Carolina, Eastern--Sunbury