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Born a slave on July 19, 1854, in North Carolina, Professor W.P. Locker became a highly respected educator in Stone County in the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1959, the Stone County Training School, built in 1955, was named in his honor. The only African~American high school in Stone County history, the school became part of the integrated Stone County School System in 1969.
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