Martin Digital History

Costella Williams, 1991

Item

Title

Costella Williams, 1991

Description

Educator Costella Williams. Williams was a teacher for 46 years, many of which were spent in Martin County schools. Williams was the first teacher at the first Black school opened in the county. Williams taught at this one-room schoolhouse in Port Salerno for 20 years. In 1995, the one-room schoolhouse/art room was named in her honor (Costella Williams Learning Center).

Photo taken for the South Fork High School 1991 publication, Florida Cracker Sampler, p. 23

Creator

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.

Publisher

South Fork High School (Stuart, Fla.)

Date

Contributor

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Black and white copy print; 4x6 inches

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

Thurlow-2024-002-044
2024.002

Coverage

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

Ron Ashley, “Costella Williams, 1991,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/3460.