Graduation Season

This is a high school graduation photo of Cousin Clara Scott Black. She graduated between 1959-1961 from Progress School in Lincoln County, MS.

1941-1996
Daughter of Philip Scott and Josie Pierce
Wife of Earl Black
Mother of Daphne, Patrick and Keith

Progress School - 8th Grade Class - 1950s

Progress High School was located in Lincoln County, Mississippi, near the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Seated: Fred Henry Roberts, Lillie Mae Truvillion, Donis Cain, Mary Louise Henderson, Emma Jean Littleton, Augustine Adams, Anita Doris Beard

Second Row: Dorothy Jean Robinson, Mary Frances McCall, Augustine Hunter, Sadie Mae Collins, Mary Bryant, J B Littleton, Elnore Merchant, Clara Mae Roundtree

Third Row: Lonnie B Shannon, Maxie Johnson, J E Robinson, James Edward Truvillion, John Robinson, Alford Lee Lloyd, Clarence Tillman, Jessie B Adams

Teacher: Mrs Sophie Paige. She was the mother of Roderick Paige, Secretary of Education under President George W Bush's administration.

Photograph Courtesy of Nathaniel Thomas
Thank you, Eddie Beard, for identifying the members of this class