Paris Western High School

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Paris Western High School, formerly Paris Western School,[2] was a segregated public school for African American students in Paris, Kentucky, United States.[3]

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Paris Western High School
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Former nameParis Western School
Paris Western City School
Paris–Western High School
School typePublic
OpenedSeptember 1925
Closed1964
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History

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]

Closure

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]

Notable people

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]

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