Brumfield High School, formerly G. W. Brumfield School, was a segregated public high school for African American students built in 1925 and closed in 1990; located in
Natchez Natchez may refer to:
Places
* Natchez, Alabama, United States
* Natchez, Indiana, United States
* Natchez, Louisiana, United States
* Natchez, Mississippi, a city in southwestern Mississippi, United States
* Grand Village of the Natchez, a site o ...
, Mississippi.
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It has been listed as a
Mississippi Landmark
The following is a list of Mississippi Landmarks officially nominated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and approved by each county's chancery clerk. The Mississippi Landmark designation is the highest form of recognition bestow ...
since January 7, 1993;
and as a
National Register of Historic Place for architecture, education, and cultural heritage since October 21, 1993.
History
The first African American public school in the city of Natchez was
Union School, built in 1871.
However Union School (K-12 public school) only had 13 rooms and could not accommodate the demand.
By 1925, Brumfield High School was opened to alleviate the overcrowding issues.
Natchez High School
Natchez High School is a public school in Natchez, Mississippi (USA). It is part of the Natchez-Adams School District and serves students in grades nine through twelve.
About
In 2005, it had 1358 students and 73 teachers. 88% of the students wer ...
(at 64 Homochitto Street, a former location) was built a few years after Brumfield School in 1927, and was specifically designed as a public high school for white students-only.
The Brumfield High School was a two-story brick brick building designed by architect William Steintenroth in a Classical Revival style.
The school namesake was George Washington Brumfield (1866–1927) who had taught classes at the Union School and served as a principal, after his arrival to Natchez in the 1890s.
Brumfield was also the Sunday school teacher at Zion Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Zion Chapel
AME Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Black church, predominantly African American Methodist Religious denomination, denomination. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology and has a connexionalism, c ...
), located near the campus.
In 1935, the graduating class was 40 students.
In 1970, Brumfield School remained racially segregated at the classroom-level, with white students and white teachers in one room versus black students with a black teachers in another. The school was closed in 1990, and the city invested one million dollars into converting the former school campus into apartments for welfare recipients, the Brumfield School Apartments.
See also
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History of Natchez, Mississippi
The city of Natchez, Mississippi, was founded in 1716 as Fort Rosalie, and renamed for the Natchez people in 1763.
Pre-European settlement (to 1716)
According to archaeological excavations, the area has been continuously inhabited by various ...
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Natchez Junior College
Natchez Junior College, formerly Natchez College, was a private Historically black colleges and universities, historically black college and later junior college opened in 1884 and closed in 1989, located in Natchez, Mississippi, Natchez, Mississ ...
, historically black college opened in 1884
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Rhythm Club fire
The Rhythm Club fire (or The Natchez Dance Hall Holocaust) was a fire in a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi on the night of April 23, 1940, which killed 209 people and severely injured many others. Hundreds of people were trapped inside the bui ...
, 1940 event that occurred near Brumfield School
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Murder of Wharlest Jackson
Wharlest Jackson (December 7, 1929 – February 27, 1967) was an American civil rights activist who was murdered by a car bomb, with evidence of involvement by a white supremacy organization; it has been an unsolved murder since the 1960s. Jackson ...
, a Natchez event in 1967
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Mississippi Landmarks
National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Mississippi
Educational institutions established in 1925
Educational institutions disestablished in 1990
Public schools in Mississippi
Schools in Adams County, Mississippi
National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Mississippi
Historically segregated African-American schools in Mississippi