Coleman High School (Arkansas)
Coleman High School was a public secondary school in Pine Bluff, Arkansas established in 1915. It served as a high school for black students until the public schools were integrated in 1971.
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Former name | Hall School Jefferson County Training School Jefferson County High School |
Type | Public |
Nickname | Pirates |
History
The school was founded as Hall School because it was founded in an abandoned dance hall on West Seventh Street in Pine Bluff. In 1915, C.P. Coleman, a graduate of the all-black Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi took the position of principal as well as the entire faculty, with a student body of 50. In 1950, the school had a faculty of 23, a student body of 900, and had moved to West 13th street. The campus included a $30,000 high school building as well as an elementary building and a home economics center. The school gymnasium was at that time the only gym for Negro children in the county. In 1951, a fireproof high school building and a science lab were added on an adjacent tract of land. As of 2016, Coleman Elementary occupies the campus.[1] Earnest C. Smith, a guidance scientist who developed NASA's lunar rover, at one time taught mathematics at Coleman.[2]
References
- "Coleman High School 1915 to 1971". Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- "WINGCOM WATCHDOG (WW)". Retrieved 17 November 2018.