Humphreys County High School (HCHS) is a public senior high school in
Belzoni, Mississippi
Belzoni ( ) is a city in Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta region, on the Yazoo River. The population was 2,235 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Humphreys County. It was named for the 19th-centur ...
, United States and a part of the
Humphreys County School District
The Humphreys County School District is a public school district with its administrative offices in Belzoni, Mississippi (USA). The district's boundaries parallel that of Humphreys County.
History
In 2019, the state Board of Education voted to ...
.
The attendance boundary of the school district, and therefore the school's attendance boundary, is all of
Humphreys County.
History
After the school integrated racially (sometime around 1970), black students had protested against verbal abuse used against black students by the principal, a white person; white teachers giving failing grades to black students; and the calling of black students "
nigger
In the English language, the word ''nigger'' is an ethnic slur used against black people, especially African Americans. Starting in the late 1990s, references to ''nigger'' have been progressively replaced by the euphemism , notably in cases ...
" and "nigra".
[Bolton, Charles C. '' The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980''. ]University Press of Mississippi
The University Press of Mississippi, founded in 1970, is a publisher that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi.
Universities
* Alcorn State University
*Delta State University
*Jackson State University
*Mississippi State U ...
, 2005. , 9781604730609. p
205
See also
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Humphreys Academy
Humphreys Academy is a private, nonsectarian, school in Belzoni, Mississippi (United States).
Located at 800 Pluck Road in Belzoni, the school serves students in grades K- 12.
History
Humphreys Academy was established in 1968 as a segregation ...
, the area private school
References
External links
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Public high schools in Mississippi
Schools in Humphreys County, Mississippi
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