Humphreys_County_High_School

Humphreys County High School

Humphreys County High School

High school in Mississippi, United States

Humphreys County High School (HCHS) is a public senior high school in Belzoni, Mississippi, United States and a part of the Humphreys County School District.

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The attendance boundary of the school district, and therefore the school's attendance boundary, is all of Humphreys County.[3]

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" and "nigra".[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Humphreys County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  2. [2]
    "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  3. [3]
    "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Humphreys County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  4. [4]
    Bolton, Charles C. The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980. University Press of Mississippi, 2005. ISBN 1604730609, 9781604730609. p. 205.



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