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Hooper Renwick School students socialize outside the school in this undated photo. For years, the school was the only facility that African-American students from across Gwinnett County attended until desegregation occurred in the late 19060's. Photo Courtesy of City of Lawrenceville

Preservation Site of Hooper-Renwick School Reveals Plan to Create First Themed Library in Southeastern United States

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The City of Lawrenceville and Gwinnett County entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement to create a new themed library as part of the Gwinnett County Public Library system at the site of the former Hooper-Renwick School, Gwinnett's only African-American public school for decades.

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