Unveiling the Roye-Williams name change for Roye-Williams Elementary School

ID: 185 ~ Source: Naomi Crouse. "Roye-Williams Elementary School." Clio: Your Guide to History. May 14, 2020. Accessed September 29, 2021. https://www.theclio.com/entry/100226 ~ Date: 1982
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Unveiling the Roye-Williams name change for Roye-Williams Elementary School

This image depicts the 1982 unveiling of the new name for Oakington Elementary: the Roye-Williams Elementary School.The image is of a 1982 newspaper article and photographs (The Aegis). It depicts then Harford County Board of Education president John Tillery, Jr. taking down a cover to unveil the new name. The image also shows others involved in the ceremony at the school, which drew 200 people.

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By HCRP staff
The current Roye-Williams Elementary School began it's building life as a segregated, all-black school serving the Havre de Grace/Aberdeen area of Harford county. In 1953, Harford County Public Schools opened the K-12 Havre de Grace…