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  1. Much in this article of which I knew nothing.

  2. Regrettably, there is no reference to the “peculiar institution of slavery” in these articles and the role it played, either in the construction of the fine building or in the lives of the caring women who were listed as founders, or if the school was for white only. It would be remarkable if white Freemasons alone built the fine structure, but perhaps they did. An Editorial Footnote would be most helpful for modern-day readers and students, given the important history of Selma in Alabama’s development, in the Civil War, and in Civil Rights.

    1. Robert the title of the story provided your answer to your question on slavery. If slavery was meant to be mentioned then it would be in the story, right? Undoubtedly you don’t realize that Free Masons were brick & stone workers and Etc. Now why would you need a slave when you are going to do all the work yourself? I’m not being ugly here, but if it makes you feel better they probably had a slave cooking Bar-B-Q for lunch to the workers? But, most likely their wives provided the meals to the Free Masons. The school back then would have been for white only. Because they didn’t believe in teaching the slaves to read or write because their only purpose was to work the Plantations and you didn’t need education for that.
      And since you believe in the development of Selma’s Civil War & Civil rights then you would want to push and urge the black folk not to hide History but promote it. Civil War General Nathan Bedford Forrest “Wizard Of Saddle” was Selma’s true hero. He took on the Yankees by himself when they raided Selma by running a herd of horses down the middle of the city trying to run them over and shot all his bullets at them.
      And most black people thought Forrest hated blacks but not true! During a Civil War battle raid some black slave women was trying to run for cover and got caught in the middle of the gunfire battle and General Forrest risked his own life and rode out in between the black women and the Yankees & gunfire and shielded the women and helped them to safety. Now I ask you, does that sound like a man with hate or compassion for mere black slave women to risk his own life??? And the many ignorant people of true history continue to believe that Forrest started the Ku Klux Klan to wipe out the blacks which is not true! He did start the KKK because he wanted to “scare away” the carpetbaggers & certain blacks who chose to side with the Northern carpetbaggers trying to take over the Southerners land because they couldn’t pay the tax, and they used the help of certain blacks. Therefore it was only scare tactics. But when other KKK groups started to form and begun to hang the certain blacks for helping to take away people’s land was when Forrest told them to quit and stop the killings because that was not what the Klan was formed to do. When it got out of hand and they wouldn’t listen to reason was when Forrest quit the klan and said he would not be a part of such killings. Then he informed certain law makers of what was going on with the Klan to stop their wrong doings! Now I ask you, does that sound like a man who hated blacks??? So, Selma needs to promote Forrest because of the wrong information that they have been led to believe? The Northerners hated Forest because they could never kill him during battles even though 22 horses were shot out from under Nate. They used the Klan title as a way to get back to him and he became the “scape goat” for their purpose to smear his War Character & Honor as one of the greatest Civil War Generals. And by the way, Forrest let all his slaves go free before the Civil War started.
      *The Civil War was NOT about slavery! Slavery was only one(1) issue. The war was fought over The Secession of Rights against Northern Aggression(Yankees) trying to tell Southerners how and what to do.
      *Most Southerners had freed their slaves before the war started and most of the North had their slaves!!! When the war was over it was asked of Northern General Grant if he was going to free his slaves, and his reply was “It’s hard to find good help” meaning he did NOT…

  3. […] Dallas Masonic Academy, of Dallas County, January 13, 1846; (later became Selma High School) […]

  4. Picture of the Presbyterian High School in Selma bears an uncanny resemblance to what was the Methodist Children’s Home which operated from 1920s until the church closed it a few years ago and sold the property to a college.

  5. Shirley Childers show this to C when he’s able to c it

  6. The photograph above that is mistakenly called the Dallas Academy in Selma is actually the Female Academy in Cahawba. The photo can be found in the Dept of Archives website below:

    http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/3801/rec/1
    – See more at: http://alabamapioneers.com/selma/#comment-711773

    1. Thank you for catching that. I have it corrected on the site now. I pulled the picture from the Encyclopedia of Alabama http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/m-2254 It was labeled Dallas Academy and came from the Birmingham Public Library so I assume that there were two Dallas Academies, the one in the photo is in Cahawba before Selma’s, Dallas Academy. Sorry for the confusion..

    2. Thank you for catching that. I have it corrected on the site now. I pulled the picture from the Encyclopedia of Alabama http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/m-2254 It was labeled Dallas Academy and came from the Birmingham Public Library so I assume that there were two Dallas Academies, the one in the photo is in Cahawba before Selma’s, Dallas Academy. Sorry for the confusion.

    1. Yes. Masons started the public schools in in the US.

  7. Satanic free masons research it.

    1. Jeffrey Love yes, I was thinking that’s nothing to brag about!

    2. You are full of it…both of you

    3. Jeff Crane it’s all public record turn of the tv and research with logic and reasoning if you can but you probably know everything huh ?

  8. I attended first grade at Dallas Academy in 49/50, stayed through 4th grade. It was still Dallas Academy then.

  9. I attended second grade here 1941-42

  10. Many are sitting empty with broken out windows in areas that need to have a neighborhood school instead of busing children miles away

  11. Attended Dallas Academy grades 1-6. Loved that school!

  12. Was Selma High once named Parrish High?

    1. Nancy Williams This article says after 1913 Dallas Academy became Selma High. It became D.A again later because it was an elementary school in the 50s.
      ALBERT G. PARRISH was a high school during that time and later became Selma High School.

  13. I attended 1st and 2nd grade in 1955 -1956. Those steps were daunting

  14. I attended second grade there in 1942-42

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