Tag: Jacquelyn Simmons

By: Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons My Dear Friends, In case some of you are curious about the beginnings of Carroll High School, this writer, almost eighty-nine years old blessed writer, can supply you with a few answers. One day, during my…

By: Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons Scripture…Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual, songs singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our…

By: Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons My Friends, Many of us knew the late Mr. Henry Carroll, the first principal of Carroll High School, for whom it is “rightly” named. We also know he was a very intelligent, caring and bold, sometimes…

By: Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons My Dear Friends, As we continue our “trek” through the days before and now during so-called legal integration, it seems as if we, African Americans, have lost, in many instances, more than we have gained. It…

By: Jacquelyn Simmons My Friends, This child of The Living God must be honest and admit that all of the white students, minus one, enrolled in my classes at Neville High School were very very cooperative, helpful and kind to…

By: Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons My Friends, Mr. Carroll’s speaker’s message during our last assembly held at Carroll High School, and God’s imbued courage and faith were major contributing factors which served to “edge me” to press forward to teach at…

By: Dr. Jacquelyn Simmons “Daddy” attempted to enroll me in the first grade at Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. My baby sister, “Dena”, during that time, was too young to attend school. Whoever was responsible for new enrollees, looked…