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John Adams Middle School: 50 Years on Presidential Drive, Charleston, West Virginia

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  John Adams Middle School 50 th on Presidential Drive Ernest Everett Blevins, mfa This year marks the 50 th year for classes at John Adams Middle in South Hills, however, the name John Adams Junior High predates the physical campus at 2002 Presidential Drive. The first mention in the Charleston Daily Mail of John Adams was on November 15, 1959, noting John Adams Junior High is housed in the former “Technical High School” at 422 Dickinson Street in a story about women taking an automotive mechanics class. [1] The first mention of the John Adams Junior High name was in the Charleston Daily Mail on November 15, 1959 in a story about women taking an automotive mechanics class.   The story referenced John Adams was housed at former “Technical High School” at 422 Dickinson Street. After Brown v. Board of Education, Kanawha County desegregated threating the future of Garnet High School.   Garnet High was built in 1928-1929 is one of the buildings that is a local landm...
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Don’t Believe in God? In Studying American History Keep in Mind the Founders Did

Ernest Everett Blevins LU HIST 701 15 November 2020 In the study of the Early American Republic, the founders of the nation were Christian men.   The importance of this should not be overlooked.   Whether the 21 st -century student is a Christian, Jew, Muslim, or another religion or lack of any religion, the fact that the founders believed in a Christian God and that faith remains pertinent in modern studies of Early Republic. As the president of the College of Charleston, Rev. J.J. Adams, in a sermon in 1833, points out that the "originators and early promoters of discovering "the future United States that within their charters citing Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia as some examples. [1]   Adams also points out that one of the first public structures to be built in settlements was a church, and as the frontier expanded, churches progressed to the frontier. [2]   The need for men to minister brought about colleges to train such men such as Harvard in ...
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