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Claiborne County, Mississippi
Claiborne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,135. Its county seat is Port Gibson. The county is named after William Claiborne, the second governor of the Mississippi Territo ...
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Port Gibson
Port Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2010 census. Port Gibson is the county seat of Claiborne County, which is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. It is the site of th ...
. It opened in 1924.
[ It is part of the ]Claiborne County School District
The Claiborne County School District is a public school district based in Port Gibson, Mississippi ( USA). The district's boundaries parallel that of Claiborne County. Text list/ref> They include the employee residences of Alcorn State Universit ...
. The student body is 99 percent African American. The old Port Gibson High School campus is now used by Port Gibson Middle School and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Alcorn State University (Alcorn State, ASU or Alcorn) is a public historically black land-grant university adjacent to Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 and was the first black land grant college established in the United States.
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History
Port Gibson High School was for whites only prior to integration. Black students had to go to Alcorn College High School or to Claiborne County Training School. In 1942 the latter got classes after the 10th grade.
Port Gibson High School had a librarian and a music program.
After it was integrated almost all the white students left the school.
In 1995, Glendora Alexander-Muhammad who taught business education and computer science at Port Gibson High School planned to accompany 30 school girls to the Women in Science and Technology ( WIST ) program event.
Sports
Blue Waves are the school mascot.
Alumni
* Joseph Dunbar, a doctor and diabetes researcher
*Colonel MagruderYolanda Moore
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College playing career
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See also
*Chamberlain-Hunt Academy
Chamberlain-Hunt Academy was a boarding school in Port Gibson, Mississippi. The school was founded in 1830 as Oakland College and closed in 2014.
The campus, with its buildings in brick Georgian Revival style, is listed in the National Registe ...
*List of high schools in Mississippi
This is a list of high schools in the state of Mississippi.
Adams County
*Adams County Christian School, Natchez
* Cathedral High School, Natchez
*Natchez High School, Natchez
*Trinity Episcopal Day School, Natchez (Closed)
Alcorn County
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References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.claiborne.k12.ms.us/pghs
National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
High schools in Mississippi