Colored High School Explained

Colored High School may refer to various segregated African American secondary schools:

Alabama

Bessemer Colored High School in Bessemer, Alabama; it became Dunbar High School (Bessemer, Alabama) and is NRHP-listed
Colored High School in Decatur, Alabama
Colored High School in Huntsville, Alabama, also known as Huntersville Colored High School
Colored High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Arkansas

Marion Colored High School in Sunset, Arkansas; also known as the Phelix School, NRHP–listed
Okolona Colored High School and the Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium in Okolona, Arkansas; NRHP–listed

Arizona

Phoenix Union Colored High School in Phoenix, Arizona; which became Carver High School

Florida

Colored High School in Fernandina, Florida
Colored High School in Green Cove, Florida
Pompano Colored School in Pompano Beach, Florida

Georgia

Colored High School in Elberton, Georgia
Colored High School in Moultrie, Georgia
Colored High School in Rome, Georgia

Illinois

Colored High School in DuQuoin, Illinois, also known as DuQuoin Lincoln High School

Kentucky

Colored High School in Richmond, Kentucky
State Normal School for Colored Persons, Frankfort, Kentucky; now Kentucky State University

Louisiana

Arcadia Colored High School in Arcadia, Louisiana; NRHP listed
Gibsland Colored High School in Gibsland, Louisiana
Houma Colored High School in Houma, Louisiana
New Iberia Colored High School (later known as Jonas Henderson High School) in New Iberia, Louisiana

Maryland

Colored High School in Baltimore, Maryland
Havre de Grace Colored High School in Havre de Grace, Maryland
Marlboro Colored High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Mississippi

Colored High School in Port Gibson, Mississippi
Cleveland Colored Consolidated High School (also known as East Side High School) in Cleveland, Mississippi
Union Academy (Columbus, Mississippi) in Columbus, Mississippi

North Carolina

Farmville Colored School (also known as H. B. Sugg High School) in Farmville, North Carolina
Snow Hill Colored High School in Snow Hill, North Carolina

South Carolina

Liberty Colored High School in Liberty, South Carolina

Texas

Dallas Colored High School (later known as Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts) in Dallas, Texas
Mineola Colored High School (also known as Addie E. McFarland High School) in Mineola, Texas
Sam Houston Industrial and Training School near Huntsville, Texas

Virginia

Richmond Colored High School in Richmond, Virginia; which became Armstrong High School (Virginia)

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