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Stonewall Jackson High School is a former high school in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It opened in 1940, and closed in 1989. It was located on the West Side of Charleston, West Virginia. In 1989, Stonewall Jackson High School and Charleston High School consolidated to become Capital High School. The building is now a middle school.
The high school movement is a term used in educational history literature to describe the era from 1910 to 1940 during which secondary schools as well as secondary school attendance sprouted across the United States. During the early part of the 20th century, American youth entered high schools at a rapid rate, mainly due to the building of new ...
Pages in category "Historically segregated African-American schools in West Virginia" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1900, the average black school in Virginia had 37 percent more pupils in attendance than the average white school. This discrimination continued for several years, as demonstrated by the fact that in 1937–38, in Halifax County, Virginia , the total value of white school property was $561,262, contrasted to only $176,881 for the county's ...
Douglass Junior and Senior High School is a historic school building located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. Built in 1924, it was the segregation-era high school for African Americans in the city, and replaced the earlier Douglass school building which had been built in 1891, and was named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass .
This is a list of high schools in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Locations are the communities in which they are located, with postal location in parentheses if different. Barbour County
Gobitis in 1940, in which the high court sided with school districts and advised dissenting parents to try to change procedures via standard political processes. [3] In 1942, the West Virginia Board of Education passed a regulation requiring schoolchildren to salute the flag. [8] Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance was also required.
The school also had a cheerleading squad. [5] Photographs of the basketball team [6] and of "Students and Teachers in a Kimball Negro High School Classroom, McDowell County" were taken in 1950. [7] The football team won the WVAU state football championship in 1952. [8] Kimball High School was converted into a junior high school in 1966. [8]