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Mary Smith-Blackmon
Canton High School: First Black student to graduate from the all-white public school in 1966 shares her story
Sixty years ago, Mary Smith-Blackmon was one of the students who pioneered the integration of Canton High School. Along with Bobbie Ruth Chinn and Phill George, she transferred from Rogers High, the Black high school across town, to the predominantly white public school in 1965. Reflecting on their journey, Smith-Blackmon recalled the violence that met…
