Education
Douglass is home to Douglass Elementary School on Ash St., Douglass Community Center and Douglass High School. There are several churches in the community including St. Paul Douglass M.B. Church, St. John Church - located at the corner of Brookins Street and Chelsea Avenue (also founded by the late Reverend William Rush-Plummer), Calvary Baptist Church and more.
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
“We have not been fair with the Negro and his education. He has not had adequate or ample education to permit him to qualify for many jobs that are open to him.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“Every day care center, whether it knows it or not, is a school. The choice is never between custodial care and education. The choice is between unplanned and planned education, between conscious and unconscious education, between bad education and good education.”
—James L. Hymes, Jr. (20th century)
“Very likely education does not make very much difference.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)