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Interview with Dr. Percy V. Williams

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Manson, Betty

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Dr. Percy V. Williams graduated from Swan Creek school before going on to Elkton High School because there were no black high schools in Harford at the time. He then followed his educational programs at Bowie, Virginia State, and Temple University, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from New York University. Dr. Williams served in various capacities in the school system in Harford County; as teacher at Havre de Grace Elementary and High School, supervisor in the system, and then principal of Central Consolidated School. He was then selected to be Assistant Superintendent of the State Board of Education, the first minority person to serve in this role. In his forty years at the Department of Education, he developed the first statewide drop out study and worked with instruction for the disadvataged. his early childhood program for 3's and 4's was a model for the nation. Interviewed by Betty Manson on October 12, 1988.
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