Manassas High School

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Manassas High School
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Location
Manassas High School
1111 North Manassas St.

Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Information
Type Public
Established1900
School district Memphis-Shelby County Schools
NCES District ID4700148
NCES School ID470014801113
PrincipalEric Cooper
Teaching staff25.92 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment347 (2022-2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio13.39 [1]
ColorsGold and blue    [2]
Team nameTigers [2]
Website

Manassas High School is a public high school in Memphis, Tennessee. As of 2022, the school had about 420 students of which 96 percent of whom were black. [3] It was established in 1900 as a segregated Black school. In the 1920s, it was one of two high schools in Memphis for African American students. [4] The high school has produced several prominent jazz musicians. [5] [6]

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History

The original Manassas was initially constructed in 1899 or 1900 at the intersection of Manassas and Firestone Ave and expanded using Rosenwald School funding in the 1920s. [7] [8] Cora Taylor was its principal.[ when? ] [9]

In 1940, it was listed as a "Negro" vocational school that taught service occupations. [10] In 1954, it was listed as instructing auto mechanics. [11] In 1946 the Tennessee Negro Athletic Association met in Nashville with the school's J. A. Hayes leading it. [12] Boxer Joe Louis attended the school's 1948 football game against Booker T. Washington High School. [13]

In 1952, a study of the intelligence of the school's students was published by Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University. [14] In 1953, a report on the reasons for drop-outs given by students, teachers and parents from the school was published. [15] In 1971, a study of female students attitude towards physical education at the school was published. [16] Louis B. Hobson was principal in 1972 when plans to make the campus a middle school in the wake of desegregation were proposed. [17]

Robert Samuel White Sr. was the school's principal for 14 years during the 1980s and 1990s. [18]

In the 2001-2002 school year, Manassas transitioned from a middle/high school to a full fledged high school. [19]

The new Manassas High School is situated on the former grounds of the Henry Oates apartments that was once occupied on the lot and demolished in 2002 known as the former of area of Scutterfield [20] , in which groundbreaking took place around 2004 to 2005 for the new school to be opened around January 2008. [21]

The 2011 documentary film Undefeated is about the school's football team and its former coach, Bill Courtney. [22] [23] [24] Its football team has made 12 championship appearances and won twice. [25]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Manassas High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Manassas High School". Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Manassas High School". US News. 2023–2024.
  4. ↑ Wilkinson, Christopher (February 1, 2012). Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930–1942. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN   978-1-62846-751-2.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Greene, Alex (June 5, 2017). "Respect for an Unsung Hero of Jazz: Jimmie Lunceford". Memphis Flyer .
  6. ↑ Kernodle, Tammy L.; Maxile, Horace (December 17, 2010). Encyclopedia of African American Music [3 volumes]. ISBN   9780313342004.
  7. ↑ BeVier, Thomas (May 21, 1972). "Graduates Speak For Manassas High". The Commercial Appeal . p. 4. ProQuest   2655966228.
  8. ↑ "Mall of Memphis | Main". www.mallofmemphis.org. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  9. ↑ Gritter, Elizabeth (February 17, 2014). River of Hope: Black Politics and the Memphis Freedom Movement, 1865–1954. ISBN   9780813144740.
  10. ↑ Coxen, James Reason (1940). Directory of Federally Aided All-day Trade and Industrial Education Programs. U.S. Office of Education, Federal Security Agency.
  11. ↑ Education, United States Division of Vocational (1954). Directory of All-day Trade and Industrial Education Programs Qualified for Federal Aid.
  12. ↑ Convention Dates of Negro Organizations. 1943.
  13. ↑ Lovett, Bobby L. (2005). The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN   978-1-57233-443-4.
  14. ↑ Harvey, Georgia Valeria (1952). A Study of the Intelligence of the Pupils of Manassas High School, Memphis, Tennessee. Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University.
  15. ↑ Perkins, Thomas W. (1953). Some of the Reasons Given by Parents, Teachers, and Students for Drop-outs from Manassas High School, 1946-1950. Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University.
  16. ↑ Caruthers, Rose Caviness (1971). An Attitude Study of High School Girls Toward Physical Education as an Activity Course at Manassas High School, Memphis, Tennessee. Tennessee State University.
  17. ↑ The Michigan Alumnus. Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. 1972.
  18. ↑ Bauman, Caroline (April 18, 2019). "Longtime Memphian Bobby White out as official at state-run turnaround district". Chalkbeat Tennessee .
  19. ↑ "About Us". manassas-hs.scsk12.org. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  20. ↑ "City to demolish Oates Manor - Memphis Business Journal". www.bizjournals.com. April 29, 2002. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  21. ↑ "MCS moves ahead with plans for new school". WMC Action News 5 . August 2, 2005. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  22. ↑ Ward-Henninger, Colin (February 13, 2013). "Coach Bill Courtney and Manassas make 'Undefeated' a true underdog story". MaxPreps .
  23. ↑ Coleman, Lauren (October 23, 2020). "Local hero: Football coach works to keep kids safe and off the streets". Fox 13 Memphis .
  24. ↑ Northouse, Peter G. (November 5, 2019). Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice. SAGE Publications. ISBN   978-1-5443-5161-2.
  25. ↑ "Manassas High School Championship History". TSSAAsports.com. TSSAA.
  26. ↑ "Antwine To Play In All-Star Game". The Commercial Appeal . Memphis, Tennessee. July 22, 1961. p. 18. ProQuest   2653990988.
  27. ↑ Stockard, Sam (October 26, 2022). "Longtime state Rep. Barbara Cooper dies at 93". Tennessee Lookout .

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