Stanton's Evolution Through the Years
Since 1868, Florida’s oldest continually operating high school has been destroyed, rebuilt, and moved. It has also gone under several name changes, reflecting the change in focus over the years–Old Stanton High School, New Stanton High School, Stanton Vocational School, and now, Stanton College Preparatory School. Stanton, by Ronald E. Galvin, Grace Brown Galvin (deceased), and Tiffany Galvin Green, Ph.D., gives a pictorial history of the buildings, faculty, student life, and traditions that have left an indelible mark on African American life in Jacksonville through the years, reflecting also on Stanton’s evolution into a nationally recognized diverse student body of the highest academic caliber.
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Ronald and his family worked tirelessly to collect photographs and other contributions from school records as well as from alumni and previous staff and faculty, to write Stanton.
Join us from 2 - 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, at Main Library where he will present the history of Stanton and describe the process of compiling records and photos to provide material for writing the book with his wife and daughter. A book signing will follow, with books available for sale on site.
This History Chat is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation and is part of a series of programs exploring and collecting African American history.
About Our Guest Speaker
Jacksonville native Ronald E. Galvin is the co-author of Stanton along with his wife, the late Grace Brown Galvin, and his daughter, Tiffany Galvin Green, Ph.D. Ronald is an alumnus of the New Stanton High School Class of 1962. He is a graduate of West Virginia State College and worked in the field of pharmaceutical sales for Eli Lilly and Company for almost forty years. He was in the Stanton marching band and meets regularly with members of the Class of 1962.
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