Dasher High School is a historic school in

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, United States that served African Americans. Inscribed 1929 in its cornerstone, the school was a high school for African Americans. James L. Lomax, a leader in African American education in Valdosta, served as the school's principal until his retirement in 1967. His adopted son Louis L. Lomax, the first African American broadcast journalist, attended Dasher High School. He was a civil rights activist and died in a car accident in 1970. The school's football team won a

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Class A football championship in 1953. The building was listed on the

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on April 18, 1985. It is located at 900 South Troup Street.

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