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Central High School (Louisville, Kentucky)
Central High School, formally known as Louisville Central High School Magnet Career Academy, is a public high school in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It was a segregated school for African Americans until 1956. The school has many prominent alumni including lawyer and civil rights campaigner William Warley and Muhammad Ali. Overview According to encyclopedists Aubespin, Clay, and Hudson: "Central High School opened in October, 1873 at Sixth and Kentucky". The school would have four other locations: Ninth and Magazine, Ninth and Chestnut, Eighth and Chestnut, and its current location of Eleventh and Chestnut Streets since 1952. The school was named Central Colored High School in 1892 and John Maxwell was its first principal. William Warley attended Central and while a student in 1902 prepared a speech about the inferior educational offerings available to African Americans in Louisville.https://filsonhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/publicationpdfs/76-4-3_But-He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public School (government Funded)
State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation. State funded schools exist in virtually every country of the world, though there are significant variations in their structure and educational programmes. State education generally encompasses primary and secondary education (4 years old to 18 years old). By country Africa South Africa In South Africa, a state school or government school refers to a school that is state-controlled. These are officially called public schools according to the South African Schools Act of 1996, but it is a term that is not used colloquially. The Act recognised two categories of schools: public and independent. Independent schools include all private schools and schools that are privately governed. Independent schools with low tui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
