When George Phillips was young his father, a former slave, offered him a choice between a horse and buggy or a high school education. Phillips chose education and when he graduated in 1907 he began teaching.
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Phillips worked hard and continued his education, becoming principal of Harriet Beecher Stowe School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1936. While working as a teacher he earned a BA, an MA, and in 1939, a Ph.D. in Education.