Abraham Lincoln High School was a public high school in western

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History

It was established in 1904. 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. In 2002 it merged into Memorial High School. The building was converted into a middle school.

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External links

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The Bumblebee, Yearbook of Lincoln High School, 1963
- From Port Arthur Public Library, hosted at the

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