Charlton-Pollard High School Explained

Charlton-Pollard High School was a segregated high school for black students,[1] operated by the Beaumont Independent School District. The school colors were blue and white, and the mascot was the bulldog.[2] It was located in the South End area,[3] in proximity to an oil refinery.[4]

History

Named after two people, it opened in 1900.[2] Its main athletic rival was Hebert High School.[3] Carol T. Taylor Mitchell, who once taught as a science teacher at the school circa 1970, described its facilities as inferior to those of the mostly white Austin Junior High School.[4]

Charlton-Pollard consolidated with Beaumont High School to form Beaumont Charlton-Pollard High School in 1975.[2] The merger happened since Joe J. Fisher, a U.S. district judge, asked Beaumont ISD to speedily desegregate.[1]

The Charlton-Pollard High School Alumni Association exists. Bettye Duplantier, of the class of 1963, is the president of the association.[3]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Rienstra, Ellen Walker and Judith Walker Linsley (Beaumont Chamber of Commerce). Historic Beaumont: An Illustrated History. HPN Books, 2003., 9781893619289. p. 82.
  2. "Campus Motto, Colors, and Mascot." Central Medical Magnet High School. Retrieved on February 15, 2019.
  3. Web site: Flores, Sara E.. Photos: Charlton-Pollard artifacts on display. Beaumont Enterprise. 2017-07-13. 2019-02-15.
  4. Mitchell, Carol T. Taylor. "The Role of Race and Culture in the Science Classroom" (Chapter 14). In: Conyers, James L. (editor). Black Cultures and Race Relations. Rowman & Littlefield, 2002., 9780830415748. Start: p. 223. CITED: p. 227.

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