Frederick A. Douglass High School

Frederick A. Douglass High School is a public high school located in the city of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma within the United States. The educational institution is known nationwide for its role in serving African-American students in the state of Oklahoma and has produced a variety of academic researchers and civic leaders as well as military figures. Frederick Douglass Moon, the longest-serving principal at the school, went on to play a major role in the desegregation movement in the middle of the 20th century. Working from 1940 to 1961 at the High School, he went on to be elected to the Oklahoma City Board of Education in 1972 and served as its first African-American president in 1974.[1][2]

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  1. ↑ "Oklahoma City author, nationally known young adult author coming to Best of Books". Edmond Sun. March 7, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ Welge, William D. "Moon, Frederick Douglass (1896–1975)". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

Coordinates: 35°28′31″N 97°28′31″W / 35.4752°N 97.4753°W / 35.4752; -97.4753


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