W. S. Brooks High School
The first public high school for African Americans in Calvert County was opened in 1938 and served until desegregation in 1966. Named for William Sampson Brooks (1865–1934). Born in Calvert County, Rev. Brooks was an advocate of education, 44th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and author of accounts of his missionary travels in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Marker is on Dares Beach Road (Maryland Route 402) east of Solomons Island Road (Maryland Route 2), on the right when traveling east.
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