Abraham Lincoln High School (Port Arthur, Texas)
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Abraham Lincoln High School was a public high school in western Port Arthur, Texas and a part of the
Port Arthur Independent School District Port Arthur Independent School District is a public school district based in Port Arthur, Texas, United States. The district serves most of Port Arthur and a portion of Groves. In 2012, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" b ...
. Prior to 1965 schools were segregated by race and black students attended Lincoln. White students did not choose to attend the school in significant numbers after desegregation even though the district had initial plans for a more racially balanced student body. It was established in 1904. In 2002 it merged into Memorial High School. The building was converted into a middle school.


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The Bumblebee, Yearbook of Lincoln High School, 1963
- From Port Arthur Public Library, hosted at the
University of North Texas The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...
2002 disestablishments in Texas Educational institutions disestablished in 2002 Public high schools in Texas High schools in Jefferson County, Texas {{Texas-high-school-stub