Jaguars Twitter boosts fundraising efforts for Old Stanton High School
Two Jacksonville Jaguars fans shared a tweet asking for donations to save the Old Stanton building, and many people stepped up to help. Author: Troy Kless (First Coast News) Published: 6:02 PM EST February 17, 2021 Updated: 6:28 PM EST February 17, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla The old Stanton High School building in Downtown Jacksonville has a storied past.
From renowned graduates to its place in history as the first all-Black high school in the state.
Poet James Weldon Johnson who wrote the lyrics to the song “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” was a student at the school and later its principal.