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-^Hftvs—Review - April 29, 1971,
URBAN LEAGUE
the Department of Urban Renewal is also supported by
documents collected during the data gathering stage of the Audit.
Because of experiences by black citizens with the Urban
Renewal process many have expressed distrust with the agency.
For example, plans for the Southeast GN study may or may
not be coordinated with the local planning department
projections for 1985 land use in the area. However, the ARCPC
projections include industrial expansion into the Twiggs Street
area and reduction in population by nearly 8,000 people
(primarily black) in six affected Census Tracts during the next
fifteen (15) years.
No plan is offered in planning department documents regarding
relocation of residents of this area. Little public indication is
made of the intended reuse of land that residents may be forced
to vacate. If a conscious plan to uproot residents of the GN area
is a reality, the racial climate in Augusta has little hope of
equitable resolution,
URBAN RENEWAL
Three Urban Renewal Projects have been conducted by the
Augusta Renewal Authority and a fourth project is in the
planning stage. These activities are described as follows:
GA-R-5
“Calhoun-Walton Way” was begun in June, 1968. A capital
grant of $ 1,002,764.00 was used to acquire 267 parcels of land
including 286 dwelling units on 130.4 acres. The action required
relocation of 157 families and 12 businesses which were described
as predominantly black owned or occupied. The project was
deemed completed in September, 1965. Reuse is described as
mostly commercial though some industrial, public, and residential
uses are included. The URBAN RENEWAL DIRECTORY
(December 31, 1968) lists the GA-R-5 grant as $1,012,264.
According to Perspective Section of the Augusta Chronicle, 166
families, 61 individuals and 13 businesses, mostly low-income
white, were relocated. (*1)
GA-R-45
“Medical College of Georgia” was executed in September,
1962. A capital grant of $827,036.00 was used to acquire 140
parcels of land including 175 structures which were cleared. The
total area involved was 40 acrea located across from Paine College
and described as black owned or occupied. Renewal action
required the relocation of 110 families, 30 individuals and 10
businesses to make room for totally “public reuse”. Activity was
completed on the project in June, 1966. THE URBAN
RENEWAL DIRECTORY (December 31, 1968) lists the
GA-R-45 grants as $841,933.00. According to “Perspective
Section” (*2) (June 7, 1970), eleven families, thirty individuals,
and eleven businesses, three fourths of which were black, were
relocated.
(*1) AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, June 7, 1970.
(*2) ibid.
GA-R-74
“University Hospital” was executed in July, 1965. A capital
grant of $2,387,282.00 was used to acquire 480 parcels of land
comprising 101.8 acres. Formerly known as “Frogtown”, the area
is described as primarily owned or occupied by low income
whites prior to the relocation of 479 families, 86 individuals and
36 businesses. Os the 565 structures slated for clearance, 521 had
been removed by June, 1970. Reuse is intended to be commercial
and public. THE URBAN RENEWAL DIRECTORY (December
31, 1968) lists the GA-R-74 grant as $2,595,692.00 of which
$1,827,340.00 had been disbursed effective that date. According
to “Perspective Section”, 159 families, 86 individuals and 36
businesses, all white, were relocated. (*1)
A $1.4 million increase in Augusta, 1970, raises the grant for
the University Project to $4,200.00. According to the “Progress
Report For Relocation Assistance - University Hospital Urban
Renewal Project No. GA-R-74 (As of September 30, 1970)”, 290
families, 119 individuals and 38 businesses were relocated
(*l)ibid.
GA-R-113- General Neighborhood
“Southeast General Neighborhood Area” includes the “Twiggs
Street” area within an 862 acre study area which will probably be
reduced in size. The General Neighborhood Study received a
grant of approximately $55,750 to carry out studies. After
considerable deliberation (at least four firms offered proposals to
the Redevelopment Authority), Sidney Carter, ACP, was chosen
to conduct the survey. His firm handled all three previous Urban
Renewal Projects in Augusta.
According to the Urban Renewal Director, Bernon Williams,
the $55,750 is a maximum allowable cost for this study. The
contract negotiated with the Planner was for $22,000.
According to the General Information Sheet on the GA-R-113
General Neighborhood Area prepared by the Augusta-Richmond
County Planning Commission, the tentative study area is 925
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acres with an estimated population of 13,500 (96 percent black).
Tenant occupied dwelling units constitute 66.7 percent of the
total housing listed.
EDUCATION BACKGROUND STATEMENT
The availability of educational opportunities and the quality of
the instructional programs in those instutitions, public and
private, which comprise the school systems of a given community
are fairly accurate indices of the strengths and weaknesses of the
educational programs of that community. Further, the extent to
which educational opportunities are equally available to all
segments of the population and the extent to which fair
employment practices are followed by school administrators have
significant bearings on the kind of interracial relationships which
exist in that commuility. These relationships, in turn, contribute
either to interracial accord or to interracial conflict.
This part of the study of various phases of life in Augusta and
Richmond County is concerned with education on all levels. An
attempt is made to indicate the educational opportunities
available and to present data with regard to the total student
enrollment for the 1969-70 academic year, enrollment by race*,
faculty size and its racial composition, pupil-teacher ratio, average
daily attendance and the value of school buildings and contents.
From these data and other information, an assessment of the
schools, particularly those under the control of the Richmond
County Board of Education, is presented in the section dealing
with an analysis of findings.
The writer is deeply grateful to all of those whose cooperation
made the information contained in this report.
* The discrepancy between the overall enrollment figures and the
totals by race are accounted for by the fact that the former
figures represent an end-of-the-year report on pupil and staff
integration submitted by Superintendent Roy E. Rollins in
September, 1969.
FINDINGS INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
In Augusta there are three degree-granting institutions which
provide for residents, as well as non-residents of Richmond
County collegiate and professional education. One of these is a
church-related college, while the other two are units of the
University System of Georgia.
AUGUSTA COLLEGE
For a number of years, this institution served the Augusta area
as a junior college. The college, as a unit of the University of
Georgia, now awards the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts,
Bachelor of Business Administration. Bachelor of Science,
Bachelor of Science in Education, and Associate Degree in
nursing. Majors are offered in biology, business administration,
chemistry, elementary education, special education, English,
history, mathematics, music, nursing, physics, psychology, and
sociology.
According to college officials, there were no major student
difficulties during the yetl'r and relations between the college and
the community were cordial. For the 1969-70 school year, there
were 99 full-time faculty members and 27 part-time members
(one of whom was black). Interest was expressed in employing
black faculty members.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA
The Medical College of Georgia traces its history to the year
1828 when the Medical Academy for the State of Georgia was
founded in Augusta. As a unit of the University of Georgia, the
following degrees and certificates are granted by the Medical
College of Georgia:
School of Medicine: The Doctor of Medicine Degree;
School of Dentistry: The Doctor of Dental Medicine Degree;
School of Graduate Studies: The Doctor of Philosophy Degree;
The Master of Science Degreet, The Master of Science in Medical
Illustration Degree; The Master of Science in Nursing Degree.
School of Nursing: The Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree.
School of Allied Health Sciences: Dental Hygiene: Bachelor of
Science Degree; Medical Illustration: Bachelor of Science Degree;
Medical Record Science: Bachelor of Science Degree and
Certificate.
Radiologic Technology: Bachelor of Science Degree and
Certificate.
Four black students were enrolled in the School of Medicine.
Two have completed the junior year and two the freshman year.
Two blacks were enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies, one
in nursing, and two in Radiologic Technology.
_There were no black faculty members for the year under
consideration. On the staff, one black serves as Admissions
Counselor and four fill secretarial positions.
PAINE COLLEGE
Paine College was founded in 1882. Leaders of the Colored
(now Christian) Methodist Episcopal Church sought and secured
assistance from the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (now the
United Methodist Church) in establishing an institution for the
training of ministers, teachers, and leaders for the C.M.E. Church.
In addition to the church support, the college now receives
financial assistance from the United Negro College Fund.
With the exception of the first few years of its existence, Paine
has had an interracial faculty. It is a liberal arts college offering
majors in the areas of Languages, Literature and Fine Arts,
Natural Science and Mathematics, Social Science, Religion and
Philosophy, and Elementary Education. On the Secondary
education level, areas of concentration are English, Mathematics,
Biology, Chemistry, History, and Sociology.
A.C. Quarterly
Enrollment Report
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The Augusta College
Quarterly Enrollment Report
issued today by Registrar S.
Lee Wallace shows a total of
2,514 students attending
classes at AC during the spring
quarter.
The figure represents an
increase of 302 over the
enrollment for spring quarter
1970, Wallace said.
The total enrollment
includes 128 students jointly
enrolled with the Medical
College of Georgia and 179 at
the Augusta College Ft.
Gordon Resident Center.
By class, the freshmen
number 667; sophomores, 516;
juniors, 515 and seniors, 462.
There are 82 transient students
and 272 listed in “other
classifications.”
Os the total enrollment,
1,194 are listed as residents of
Georgia; 369 students are from
other states and 10 are from
other countries. A Special
Military Classification rating
has 141 students.
Figures on sex and marital
status show 892 single men and
735 single women. Married
men number 551 and married
women number 318.
A total of 338 are studying
under the veterans training
program.
County of residence of
students living with parents
include (in alphabetical order)
Burke, 8; Columbia, 109;
Glascock, 4; Jefferson, 10;
Lincoln, 3; McDuffie, 20;
Richmond, 924 and Warren, 3.
South Carolina counties
include Aiken, 119 and
Edgefield, 2.
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There are 62 faculty members (26 white and 36 non-white).
The decade 1960-1970 witnessed a marked improvement in
relationships between town and gown. Prior to that time, the
college and the community had little in common. Because of the
frequent visits of Black Panthers to the campus prior to the
outbreak of violence, some members of the white community felt
that the College was the brain trust for the May 11th disturbance.
Paine College, according to college officials, was in no way
responsible for the tragic happenings of that date. It is believed
that the pending election of a black president, for the first time in
the history of the college will be beneficial in many respects.
PAROCHAIL AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
In Richmond County there are seven institutions which are
privately operated. Some of these schools have been in operation
for several years, while others have recently come into being. In
the latter group are those schools which were organized in an
effort to provide an escape from the desegration of the public
schools.
AUGUSTA PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Augusta Preparatory School offers work from the seventh
through the twelfth grades. For the school year 1969-1970, the
enrollment was 170 and there were 14 members of the faculty.
All students and teachers were white, the average daily
attendance was 160 and the pupil-teacher ratio was 12:1.
AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL
Acquinas High School operates under the auspices of the
Catholic church, offering a program of secondary education
which begins with the ninth grade, extending through grade
twelve. The enrollment for 1969-1970 was 460. Approximately
18 percent of this number were black and the average daily
attendance was 450. Including the librarian and counselor, there
were 24 faculty members, all white. The pupil-teacher ratio was
19:1. Approximately 85 percent of Acquinas graduates enter
college or other post-secondary institutions.
AUGUSTA CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL
Augusta Christian Day School, located some distance from the
center of the city, is privately owned and operated. The school is
housed in several make-shift buildings which, apparently were
hurriedly thrown together, Grades one througheighth are taught.
There were 200 students enrolled for the 1960-1970 school year
and there were 12 faculty members. All faculty and students were
white. The average daily attendance was 198 and the
pupil-teacher ratio was 17:1;
The Richmond County Board of Education
The Richmond County Board of Education, which has control
of all public education on the elementary and secondary levels in
Augusta and Richmond County, is composed of sixteen members,
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two of whom are black. Board members, are elected by wards and
districts for terms of four years. The Board employs a
Superintendent of Schools for a four-year term, who serves as
Chief Administrative Officer.
For the 1969-1970 school year, the Board operated 40
elementary schools, 6 junior high schools, and 7 senior high
schools. In cooperation with the Georgia State Board of
Vocational Education the Board operated the Augusta Area
Technical School which consists of three branches. In recognition
of its responsibility to all of the citizens of the county, the Board
also provided a program of basic adult education.
There were 1,602 teachers in the employ of the Richmond
County Board of Education in 1969-1970. certification of
teachers was as follows:
Baccalaureate Degrees, 1,303; Master’s Degrees, 246; Doctor’s
Certificate, 1; Six-Year Certification, 27; Three-Year
Certification, 7; Two Year Certification, 3; No Certification, 15.
- In the system there were twenty black and thirty-seven white
principals, three white and four black assistant principals. The
per pupil expenditure for Richmond County as reported in the
Audit of Victor Markwaiter and Company was $420.58. By
comparison, the per pupil expenditure for the State of Georgia
was $528.65. See Tables 19-19 data on institutions operated by
the Richmond County Board of Education.
THE AUGUSTA AREA TECHNICAL SCHOOL
This institution is operated by the Richmond County Board of
Education in cooperation with the Georgia State Board of
Vocational Education. Its purpose is to give definite meaning to
education by relating training to specific occupational goals. The
following courses are offered: Accounting, agricultural business,
air-conditioning, heating and refrigeration, automotive body
repair, automotive mechanics, child development, clerical,
communications technology (radio and television), cosmetology,
data processing, drafting and design technology, electrical
construction and maintenance, electronics technology, executive
secretarial, food service management, instrumentation
technology, machine shop practice, marketing-management,
masonry, medical secretarial, practical nursing, printing, and
welding. pt breakdown of student majors by race was not
available. The cumulative enrollment for the 1969-1970 school
year was 1,400. There were 560 blacks (40 percent) and 840
white (60 percent) in attendance. Os the 85 full-time faculty
members, 55 were white and 30 were black.
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