Charlton-Pollard High School

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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]

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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. As of 2017 Bettye Duplantier, of the class of 1963, is the president of the association. [3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 Rienstra, Ellen Walker and Judith Walker Linsley (Beaumont Chamber of Commerce). Historic Beaumont: An Illustrated History. HPN Books, 2003. ISBN   1893619281, 9781893619289. p. 82.
  2. 1 2 3 "Campus Motto, Colors, and Mascot." Central Medical Magnet High School. Retrieved on February 15, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Flores, Sara E. (July 13, 2017). "Photos: Charlton-Pollard artifacts on display". Beaumont Enterprise . Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  4. 1 2 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. ISBN   0830415742, 9780830415748. Start: p. 223. CITED: p. 227.
  5. ↑ The Lion's Road May 1967
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Charlton-Pollard (Beaumont, TX) Alumni Pro Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 1, 2025.


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