Paris Western High School | |
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Location | |
United States | |
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Former name | Paris Western School Paris Western City School Paris–Western High School |
School type | Public |
Opened | September 1925 |
Closed | 1964 |
Color(s) | [1] |
Mascot | Tigers |
Paris Western High School, formerly Paris Western School, [2] was a segregated public school for African American students in Paris, Kentucky, United States. [3]
Paris Colored High School opened in 1895 as a segregated public school for African American students in Paris. [4] [5] It preceded Paris Western High School which opened in September 1925, with G. W. Adams as principal, and Ennis B. Toles as assistant professor. [6] During the 1926 commencement ceremony for Paris Western High School, politician Roscoe Conkling delivered the address to the 18 graduating students. [7]
The school was known for their basketball team and in 1953, the school won the "National Negro High School Championship" a basketball tournament held at Tennessee State University. [8]
After Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the city integration committee was led by chair, Grover Baldwin Jr. [9] In 1963, four Black students were sent to attend Paris High School, the segregated public high school for White students. [10] The following year in 1964, the school was consolidated and all students from Paris Western High School were moved into Paris High School. [11] The community reaction to assimilation was rocky at best. [10]
After the racial-integration, the former Paris Western school building was briefly used as a junior high school. [10]
Alumni of the school include:
Former principals at Paris Western High School included teacher G. W. Adams, [6] Ennis B. Toles, [18] [19] Francis Marion Wood, [20] [21] and William B. Reed. [9] Faculty included Mary E. Kellis, [9] Orletta Elizabeth Porter Hurley. [22]
Paris Western High School | |
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Location | |
United States | |
Information | |
Former name | Paris Western School Paris Western City School Paris–Western High School |
School type | Public |
Opened | September 1925 |
Closed | 1964 |
Color(s) | [1] |
Mascot | Tigers |
Paris Western High School, formerly Paris Western School, [2] was a segregated public school for African American students in Paris, Kentucky, United States. [3]
Paris Colored High School opened in 1895 as a segregated public school for African American students in Paris. [4] [5] It preceded Paris Western High School which opened in September 1925, with G. W. Adams as principal, and Ennis B. Toles as assistant professor. [6] During the 1926 commencement ceremony for Paris Western High School, politician Roscoe Conkling delivered the address to the 18 graduating students. [7]
The school was known for their basketball team and in 1953, the school won the "National Negro High School Championship" a basketball tournament held at Tennessee State University. [8]
After Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the city integration committee was led by chair, Grover Baldwin Jr. [9] In 1963, four Black students were sent to attend Paris High School, the segregated public high school for White students. [10] The following year in 1964, the school was consolidated and all students from Paris Western High School were moved into Paris High School. [11] The community reaction to assimilation was rocky at best. [10]
After the racial-integration, the former Paris Western school building was briefly used as a junior high school. [10]
Alumni of the school include:
Former principals at Paris Western High School included teacher G. W. Adams, [6] Ennis B. Toles, [18] [19] Francis Marion Wood, [20] [21] and William B. Reed. [9] Faculty included Mary E. Kellis, [9] Orletta Elizabeth Porter Hurley. [22]