Before Rock Hill's black children were allowed to attend classes with whites, there was Emmett Scott High School. For half a century it was the city's "black school." In 1970, when South Carolina ...

Then it became a junior high and high school. After Rock Hill schools desegregated, Emmett Scott closed. The City of Rock Hill bought the property on Crawford Road and renovated it. The building ...

Emmett Scott High School closed in 1970 and over the years ... the McGirt Auditorium and the impact it could have on Rock Hill’s south side. VIDEO: Rock Hill artists fear loss of studios ...

The story begins with Frontis Brooks, the first band director at segregation-era Emmett Scott High School in Rock Hill. Brooks started a jazz band. A sixth-grader who Brooks taught would go on to ...

Foster was the principal at Emmett Scott School for three years, up until its closing in 1970. Students who had not graduated were transferred to Rock Hill High and Northwestern High School.