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Previously located on Broad and Green Street, Central High School was the best of the public boys schools in Philadelphia, PA. Neo-Gothic architecture.

Twenty-four young Black men, athletes and scholars, graduated from Central High School, representing the largest number of Blacks to graduate in one class in the history of the school.

Short article in the Philadelphia Tribune regarding Ralph Jones's gold medal in Central High School's oratorical contest. He was awarded the medal at the schools graduation ceremony although he was not a member of the graduating class. The article…