HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — A weekend event in Harpers Ferry will feature some of the last area residents impacted by Storer College. Catherine Baldau Harpers Ferry Park Association Executive Director ...

A centenarian from West Virginia, has fulfilled a lifelong goal of becoming a high school graduate. At the end of March, 101-year-old Merrill Pittman Cooper of Harpers Ferry, was awarded an honorary ...

Stories of Storer College students are the inspiration for an art exhibit, “Portraits of Persistence,” hosted by the Shepherd University Scarborough Library from Feb. 28 to April 1. A presentation ...

Cooper, 101, attended Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, from 1934 to 1938, but dropped out during his senior year when his family relocated to Philadelphia for financial reasons, ...

It was a dream 80 years in the making. Last weekend, 101-year-old Merrill Pittman Cooper finally got his high school diploma. Cooper attended Storer College, a former high school in Harpers Ferry, ...

(This image from the Harpers Ferry NHP Museum Collection shows Storer College students and teachers, including Rev Nathan Brackett—third from the left—who served as school president until 1897.) On ...

HARPER'S FERRY -- On a hill overlooking the Potomac River, Storer College stood as a beacon of equal opportunity for nearly 90 years. On its campus, the modern era's civil rights movement took root ...

In 1865, a primary school for former slaves was started in historic Harpers Ferry, W. Va. By 1867 it became Storer College, and ultimately a sanctuary for young African Americans. Storer was one of ...

HARPER'S FERRY, W.Va. (WJLA) — A 101-year-old man is finally getting his high school diploma. Back in the 1930s, Merrill Pittman Cooper attended Storer College, a former high school in Harper's Ferry, ...