Bedford County Training School for Negroes, a.k.a. John McAdams High School and also Harris High School for Negroes, was a high school for African-American children in
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Shelbyville is a city in and the county seat of Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. The town was laid out in 1810 and incorporated in 1819. Shelbyville had a population of 20,335 residents at the 2010 census. The town is a hub of the Tenness ...
and a part of
Bedford Public Schools.
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McAdams High, as the school was initially called, was originally until grade 10, but received grades 11 and 12 in 1923. From 1935 to 1965 Sidney W. Harris was the principal of Bedford County Training School for Negroes.
Shelbyville Central High School Shelbyville may refer to:
;United States
* Shelbyville, Illinois
* Shelbyville, Indiana
* Shelbyville, Kentucky
* Shelbyville, Michigan
* Shelbyville, Missouri
* Shelbyville, Tennessee
* Shelbyville, Texas
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absorbed the students in 1967, as desegregation was initiated after 1964.
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Defunct schools in Tennessee
Public high schools in Tennessee
1967 disestablishments in Tennessee
Schools in Bedford County, Tennessee
Historically segregated African-American schools in Tennessee
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