GFS- Historical Marker Celebration and Dedication
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2022 – Historical Marker Celebration and Dedication
HISTORICAL MARKER CELEBRATION
10:00 am: Celebration Program
Fort Mill School District Building C
2233 Deerfield Drive, Fort Mill, SC 29715
Moderator: Dr. Constance E. Dunlap, an alumna of the George Fish School, physician, medical educator, and health equity advocate. This program will review the history of the collaboration between Dr. Booker T. Washington, President of Tuskegee Institute, and Mr. Julius Rosenwald, philanthropist and president of Sears, Roebuck & Company, and the establishment and naming of the George Fish School. Speakers listed below.
OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING AND HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION
12:00 Noon
401 Steele Street, Fort Mill, SC 29715
Dr. Chuck Epps, Superintendent of the Fort Mill School District, the official sponsor of the George Fish School Historical Marker, will preside over the historical marker dedication.
Please click on the images below for the biography of each participant.
![Dr. Sammie White Potts]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1680085653/fortmillschoolsorg/aggaiapnimokbmih4r9j/pottswhite.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1680085653/fortmillschoolsorg/aggaiapnimokbmih4r9j/pottswhite.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1680085653/fortmillschoolsorg/aggaiapnimokbmih4r9j/pottswhite.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680085653/fortmillschoolsorg/aggaiapnimokbmih4r9j/pottswhite.png","width":999}])
![Rudy Sanders]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1680085592/fortmillschoolsorg/dlcuteixevdjcckyct4a/rudy.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680085592/fortmillschoolsorg/dlcuteixevdjcckyct4a/rudy.jpg","width":300}])
![Mayor Guynn Savage]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1680085552/fortmillschoolsorg/jhznztyp53oxpheqyob0/guynn.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680085552/fortmillschoolsorg/jhznztyp53oxpheqyob0/guynn.jpg","width":300}])
![Dr. David R. Ward, Jr.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1680085521/fortmillschoolsorg/na4wvdecsuhrh73pagzw/david_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680085521/fortmillschoolsorg/na4wvdecsuhrh73pagzw/david_1.jpg","width":294}])
![Elizabeth Patterson White]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1680085489/fortmillschoolsorg/a40bluqsbabunxgiojzq/elizabeth.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1680085489/fortmillschoolsorg/a40bluqsbabunxgiojzq/elizabeth.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680085489/fortmillschoolsorg/a40bluqsbabunxgiojzq/elizabeth.jpg","width":586}])
![Dr. Constance E. Dunlap, Moderator]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1680085403/fortmillschoolsorg/eaqg8tawdqam1ef0mx2x/constance.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680085403/fortmillschoolsorg/eaqg8tawdqam1ef0mx2x/constance.jpg","width":300}])
![Dr. Chuck Epps]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680085356/fortmillschoolsorg/fgooejsruzdus68qclky/chuck.png","width":240}])
![Juanita Sanders]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1680085299/fortmillschoolsorg/iiuv4xnbwntpc7ufape8/juanitacropped.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1680085299/fortmillschoolsorg/iiuv4xnbwntpc7ufape8/juanitacropped.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1680085299/fortmillschoolsorg/iiuv4xnbwntpc7ufape8/juanitacropped.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680085299/fortmillschoolsorg/iiuv4xnbwntpc7ufape8/juanitacropped.jpg","width":999}])
![Danny Funderburk]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680085228/fortmillschoolsorg/vizx3sq2qpbyuhbmcici/danny.jpg","width":225}])
![Stephanie Deutsch]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1680085190/fortmillschoolsorg/lhmruv3zkbcnhhtrjjsz/stephanie_1.jpg","width":208}])
Special Guest: Stephanie Deutsch is the author of You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South, published by Northwestern University Press.