Manassas High School

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Manassas High School
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Manassas High School
1111 N Manassas St

Memphis, Tennessee
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TypePublic
Established1900
School district Memphis-Shelby County Schools
NCES District ID4700148
NCES School ID470014801113
PrincipalEric Cooper
Grades 9-12
Enrollment331
Student to teacher ratio12.35
Color(s)Gold and blue    [1]
Team nameTigers [1]
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Manassas High School is in Memphis, Tennessee. It was established in 1900. As of 2022, the school had about 420 students 96 percent of whom were black. [2] The high school produced several prominent jazz musicians. [3] [4] In the 1920s, it was one of two high schools in Memphis for African Americans. [5]

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It received Rosenwald School funding. Cora Taylor was its principal. [6] In 1940, it was listed as a "Negro" school that taught Service Occupations. [7] In 1954, it was listed as instructing auto mechanics. [8] In 1946 the Tennessee Negro Athletic Association met in Nashville with the school's J. A. Hayes leading it. [9] Boxer Joe Louis attended the school's 1948 football game against Booker T. Washington High School. [10]

In 1952, a study of the intelligence of the school's students was published. [11] In 1953, a report on the reasons for drop-outs given by students, teachers and parents from the school was published. [12] In 1971, a study of female students attitude towards physical education at the school was published. [13] Louis B. Hobson was principal in 1972 when plans to make it a middle school in the wake of desegregation were proposed. [14]

Robert Samuel White Sr. wes the school's principal for 14 years during the 1980s and 1990s. [15]

The 2011 documentary film Undefeated is about the school's football team and its former coach, Bill Courtney. [16] [17] [18] Its football team has made 12 championship appearances and won twice. [19]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Manassas High School". Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/tennessee/districts/shelby-county-schools/manassas-high-school-18096
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Respect for an Unsung Hero of Jazz: Jimmie Lunceford".
  4. ↑ Kernodle, Tammy L.; Maxile, Horace (December 17, 2010). Encyclopedia of African American Music [3 volumes]. ISBN   9780313342004.
  5. ↑ Wilkinson, Christopher (February 1, 2012). Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930–1942. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN   978-1-62846-751-2.
  6. ↑ Gritter, Elizabeth (February 17, 2014). River of Hope: Black Politics and the Memphis Freedom Movement, 1865–1954. ISBN   9780813144740.
  7. ↑ Coxen, James Reason (1940). Directory of Federally Aided All-day Trade and Industrial Education Programs. U.S. Office of Education, Federal Security Agency.
  8. ↑ Education, United States Division of Vocational (1954). Directory of All-day Trade and Industrial Education Programs Qualified for Federal Aid.
  9. ↑ Convention Dates of Negro Organizations. 1943.
  10. ↑ Lovett, Bobby L. (2005). The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN   978-1-57233-443-4.
  11. ↑ A Study of the Intelligence of the Pupils of Manassas High School, Memphis, Tennessee. Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University. 1952.
  12. ↑ 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. 1953.
  13. ↑ An Attitude Study of High School Girls Toward Physical Education as an Activity Course at Manassas High School, Memphis, Tennessee. Tennessee State University. 1971.
  14. ↑ The Michigan Alumnus. Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. 1972.
  15. ↑ "Longtime Memphian Bobby White out as official at state-run turnaround district". April 18, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Coach Bill Courtney and Manassas make 'Undefeated' a true underdog story - MaxPreps".
  17. ↑ "Local hero: Football coach works to keep kids safe and off the streets".
  18. ↑ Northouse, Peter G. (November 5, 2019). Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice. SAGE Publications. ISBN   978-1-5443-5161-2.
  19. ↑ "Manassas High School Championship History".
  20. ↑ "Longtime state Rep. Barbara Cooper dies at 93".
  21. ↑ "Master Chef Takes Cooking to a Higher Level". February 2, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Fred L. Davis, longtime Memphis businessman and civic leader, dies". May 12, 2020.

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