Port Tampa Negro School

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Port Tampa Negro School was a school for African-American children in Tampa, Florida.

History

In 1938, the school was nearly destroyed by a fire. Damages were estimated at $2500 to $3500. [1]

In 1948, the school was upgraded with $40,000 as a part of a larger bond issue. Three new classrooms were added, including one longer classroom to be used as for larger assemblies. It also included a small kitchen and janitor's room, and was then upgraded to nine grades. Junior high students were transported to nearby Carver Negro Junior High. [2] In the 1950s it briefly served as a High School.

In 1959 the Hillsborough County Public Schools provided Port Tampa residents with a school made completely of portables. Parents asked their children to be provided with an acceptable school or to be sent to a White School, specifically West Shore, which was largely empty at the time. District superintendent J. Crockett Farnell responded that "We have provided a school for these people and they are supposed to attend". parents protested the school district's move to educate the students in all-portable buildings with a boycott. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Port Tampa Negro School is Nearly Destroyed by Fire". Tampa Tribune. April 28, 1938. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. "Where $11,000,000 in School Bonds Will Go". Tampa Tribune. March 1, 1948. p. 11. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. "More Enter Port Tampa Negro School". Tampa Tribune. September 9, 1959. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  4. "Negro pupils continue boycott of portable school in Port Tampa". Tampa Bay Times. September 3, 1959. Retrieved 11 February 2022.