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Colored Memorial School and Risley High School is a historic school complex in
Brunswick, Georgia Brunswick () is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coastline after Sa ...
where a
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's School opened in 1870. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on November 7, 2002. It is located at 1800 Albany Street. Risley High School competed in the
Georgia Interscholastic Association The Georgia Interscholastic Association (GIA), formed in 1948, was a sports league of high schools serving African Americans in Georgia. It merged into the Georgia High School Association with desegregation in 1970. '' As If We Were Ghosts'' is a ...
. It won the state championship in basketball in 1969.


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File:Risley historical marker.JPG, Historical marker, Colored Memorial School in the background File:Colored Memorial School, Brunswick, Georgia, USA.jpg, Colored Memorial School File:Colored Memorial School, Brunswick, GA.JPG, Top of Colored Memorial School File:Risley High School building, Brunswick, Georgia.JPG, Risley High School building, the Colored Memorial School is visible on the left


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Glynn County, Georgia This is a list of properties and historic district, districts in Glynn County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Current listings References

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* * {{Commons category-inline, Colored Memorial School and Risley High School School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Brunswick, Georgia Buildings and structures in Glynn County, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Glynn County, Georgia