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Crenshaw, Walter Clarence, Jr.

(born: 1935 - died: 1969)

Born in Millersburg, KY, Walter C. Crenshaw, Jr. was a graduate of Kentucky State College [now Kentucky State University] and taught in the Canton (Ohio) City School System. He was later appointed Executive Director of the Canton Area Housing Authority. Crenshaw Middle School and a park in Canton are named in his honor. Walter C. Crenshaw, Jr. was the son of Anna Frances Williams Crenshaw and Walter C. Crenshaw, Sr. For more see C. M. Jenkins, "Canton educator tills, waters young minds...," Akron Beacon Journal, 09/26/1993, Metro section, p. B1.

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Education and Educators

Housing Authority, The Projects

Migration North

Parks and Resorts

Grade Schools and High Schools in Kentucky

Kentucky County & Region

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Kentucky Place (Town or City)

Read about Millersburg, Kentucky in Wikipedia.

Outside Kentucky Place Name

Canton, Ohio

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“Crenshaw, Walter Clarence, Jr.,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed September 8, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/642.

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