Contains Lead,

Queensland, Ben Hill County, Georgia, 2001.

c. Brian Brown

This old gasoline pump, a relic of the days of leaded fuel, once served the Queensland School, seen in the background of this photograph. Queensland, a predominately African-American community in northern Ben Hill County, was never incorporated, but has been around nearly as long as Fitzgerald. African-American schools such as Queensland provided education for grades 1-12, and nearly all were closed by 1970. They were often grossly underfunded, but Queensland was a rare exception, and many of its active alumni hold occasional reunions.