Douglass High School Memphis, Tn

at 3200 Mt Olive, Memphis United States

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<p><b>Douglass</b> is a community on the north side of <a href="/pages/w/103123839728353">Memphis, Tennessee</a>. Douglass was named after <a href="/pages/w/111886665494619">Frederick Douglass</a>, who was admired by Reverend <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rush-Plummer" class="wikipedia">William Rush-Plummer</a>, the one-time owner of the land where the Douglass neighborhood currently stands.</p><h2>Geography</h2><p>Douglass borders <a href="/pages/w/144614072219384">Hyde Park</a> and <a href="/pages/w/140658019293539">Hollywood</a> and is surrounded by railroad tracks to the north, south and west. South of Douglas is the neighborhood of <a href="/pages/w/112315865451239">Binghampton</a>, to the southeast is <a href="/pages/w/133199666719143">Nutbush</a>.</p><h2>History</h2><h3>Beginnings</h3><p>Reverend William Rush-Plummer was born into a life of slavery in the Southern States in America. He was the only son of a white slave master, William Rush Sr. and his mother, a slave from Africa. Mrs. Rush demanded of her husband, that young William Rush Jr. not be given the Rush family name. As a result, William Rush Senior, modified his son’s name giving him a hyphenated last name. William Jr. was renamed, William Rush-Plummer.</p><p>Slavery in the South was eventually abolished. When that time arrived, slaves were promised and a mule. Although many newly freed slaves did not receive the promise at that time, William Rush Sr. gave William Rush-Plummer in North Memphis, Tennessee. He turned his land into a community and name it after Fredrick Douglass, a man he had come to befriend and admire.</p><p>William Rush-Plummer was ordained in his young adult years and began to develop the land now known as the Douglass Community in Memphis, Tennessee after his family was released from slavery. Now referred to as Reverend Plummer, he had a strong resemblance to his father and a similar proper speech pattern (with a heavy southern dialect). He began opening many churches on his land including St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church (Need More Missionary Baptist Church), St. Stephens MB Church, St. John MB Church, St. Charles MB Church and at least three other local churches that were later sold to local Pastors and their congregations.</p>

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Douglass High School Memphis, Tn is Memphis based place and this enity listed in High School category. Located at 3200 Mt Olive TN Contact phone number of Douglass High School Memphis, Tn: (901) 416-0990