New Statement of Purpose---November 2007

We the men of Frederick Douglass JHS-139, have come together to bring our skills and abilities back to our community. We have pledged ourselves to a new progress and enhancement of the world, know as Harlem.

We will use the knowledge and commitment of those we grow up with.
The wisdom of Countee Cullen, the Panache of James Baldwin;the strength of Sugar Ray Robinson and the intestinal fortitude of Matt Henson.

We will plan and strategize, as done by Thurgood Marshall and his team of lawyers, Who sat for days and days writing the Civil Rights Laws we now enjoy. Leaving the 42 Street and 5th ave Library tired and without meals.

Yes, our mission is clear and we are responding to the call to duty.

SEPTEMBER UPDATE.

We have started meeting at the Central Harlem Senior Citizen's Center at 120 West 140 St. for lunch. This is the site of the old Frederick Douglass Junior High School-139. We hope to make it our permanent meeting place. We also have decided to change our formal name to "The Frederick Douglass JHS-139 Alumni Heritage Foundation" We are now in the process of incorporating and applying for 501c3 status so we can apply for grants and then be able to help local community groups and projects.

More Frederick Douglass JHS-!39 Reunion Photos

FEB 25th REUNION AT ABC

Historical Research Source.

The historical time line comes from the following source:

Frederick Douglass P.S. 139: A Citadel of Inspiration, It's Aura & Impact:
A Story of a Harlem School (Tapestry Press Ltd., 2005)
Author: Dr. Lionel E. McMurren

Lionel Edison McMurren, after serving in the New York City School System for 32 years, began researching material to write his book.
Especially noteworthy is the fact that Dr. McMurren, among several other alumni who after completing their college education, returned to Douglass to teach. He then became Dean, Career Guidance Advisor, Guidance Counselor, Elementary School Assistant Principal and then Junior High School Principal of the relocated Frederick Douglass Intermediate school 10 in 1969 for 13 years.

For those of you who attended Douglass 139, this book contains many memorable moments you can definitely identify with.
You can purchase the book by writing to:
L.E.M. Enterprises
4992 Trestle Court
Sarasota, FL. 34238
or call: 941-922-2710

You can review the book at the Schomburg Library and Research Center, 103 West 135th Street, Harlem NY
Call number: Sca 06-547 (Book Title: Frederick Douglass P.S. 139) Date/Vol. 2005

HISTORY

The Frederick Douglass Junior High School 139 or Public School 139, came into existence in, September of 1924, when marching students and staff members, led by, Robert S. Dixon, then a teacher of music later to become an assistant principal and principal assembled on Seventh Avenue and 140th Street. They marched around a night club which rested atop a winding hill at that location, and then proceeded east onto the block bounded by Seventh and Lenox Avenues to the site of Junior High School 139. Across the street from the entrance to the school stood elegant apartment houses with canopies extending from the building line to the curb, each tended by a uniformed doorman. Such was the scene in the 1920s on this Harlem street.

The school was relocated to 150th street and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd( Seventh Ave.) in 1969, became coed, and its name was changed to the Frederick Douglass Intermediate School 10 and subsequently to the Frederick Douglass Academy in 1991.

Description

Frederick Douglass Junior High School 139 Alumni Association composed of students who graduated from this school during it's existence in Harlem, New York.The school is now closed and we are attempting to reunite all of the surviving members of all of the graduating classes.

MEMBERSHIP

Listings of current participating Alumni

Augustus, Harold
Personal Information: Class of '47

Baker, Herbert
Personal Information: Class '46

Barnwell, David
Personal Information: Address: Raleigh NC

Bartow-Smith, James
Personal Information: Class ' 46

Bess, Leroy
Personal Information: Class '47

Blythewood, Reginald
Personal Information:

Bowen,Eddie
Personal Information:

Burnett, Chris
Personal Information: Class '50

Clark, Robert L.
Personal Information:

Clark, Sheldon
Personal Information:

Conway, Earle
Personal Information:

Cooper, Floyd E.
Personal Information: Class '46


Costello, Ron
Personal Information: Class '50

Downing, Morris
Personal Information: Class '47

Ebron, George
Personal Information:

Edwards, Ralph
Personal Information:

Ellis, Cyril
Personal Information:

Ellis, Jr., Herb
Personal Information: Class '46

Ellis, Vincent
Personal Information:

Garris, Earl
Personal Information: Class '47

Hamilton, Donald
Personal Information:

Hardy, Joseph
Personal Information:

Hollar,Cecil
Personal Information:

Howard, Lawrence E.
Personal Information: Class '47

Huston, Bernard
Personal Information: Address: Portland OR, USA

Huston,Louis
Personal Information:

Jones, Percelis
Personal Information: Class '46

Jones, Thomas
Personal Information:

Major, Ralph
Personal Information:

Mangrum, R. Edward
Personal Information: Class '46

McMurren, Lionel E.
Personal Information: Address: Sarasota FL

Meekins, Theodore
Personal Information: Class '46

Moore, Ray
Personal Information:

Murphy, Alfred
Personal Information:

Myrie, Rupert N.
Personal Information:

Newsome, Ronald
Personal Information: Class '46

O'Meally, John
Personal Information:

Prescod, Frank
Personal Information: Class ' 45

Rangel, Charles
Business Information: Title: Congressman Department: House Ways & Means Comm. Company: House Of Representatives

Sandiford, Cardinal
Personal Information:

Sawyer, Alfonso R.
Personal Information: Address: Orleans, Ontario Canada

Simpson, Raphael B.
Personal Information: Address: Miami FL

Skinner, Grafton
Personal Information:

Skinner, Norman
Personal Information:

Smalls, Arthur Jr.
Personal Information:

Walton, Sam
Personal Information:

Wilson,Irving Jr.
Personal Information:

Worrell, Leroy V.
Personal Information: Class '37

Yearwood, Donald
Personal Information:

Yearwood, Donald
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OBJECTIVES

Establish a bona-fide Alumni association.

Set up a web-site.





Plan a full scale Reunion.

Establish scholarships.

Establish committees to achieve the above goals and added objectives.