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Near Amigo in Raleigh County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

 

 

 

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Byrd Prillerman High School.

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Byrd Prillerman High School reunion slated for this weekend

, Byrd Prillerman High School was established here in 1927 for the Afro American students in this coal mining area. Named in honor of a former slave who was an eminent state educator and President of West Virginia State College. The two story frame building, first used as a white elementary school, was remodeled and added onto. The Byrd Prillerman school became a stone and brick building that had 14 rooms and an Gymnasium for the students in the first to twelfth grades.

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The first graduating class in 1931 had four members. The building was destroyed by fire on Jan 12, 1962. The 204 students and 10 teachers were transfered to the other integrated schools including Mark Twain, Sophia and Stoco High Schools, Byrd Prillerman High School Memorial Scholarship - College Board GEZ