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Durham High School (North Carolina)
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Durham High School is a former high school in Durham
, North Carolina
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Durham High School was a high school for whites in the city of Durham. The high school for African Americans was Hillside High School.
Central High School, located on Morris Street, opened in 1906 and served Durham city's white high school students until 1922. This building then was converted to Durham's City Hall and is now the home of the Durham Arts Council (also known as Royall Center for the Arts).
Durham High School replaced Central High School in 1922 on property that once belonged to Brodie L. Duke.
Located next to Durham High School was also the then new Central Junior High School, which opened in 1926. The building was later renamed Julian S. Carr Junior High School in 1945. The junior high became part of the Durham High School campus in the fall of 1975, when the school district expanded high schools to include grade 9. (Prior to that year, Durham junior highs included grades 7-9 and high schools served grades 10-12.)
By the 1970s Durham High School was no longer a majority white school and had in fact become a majority African American high school along with the traditional African American Hillside High School. Durham High School closed as a traditional high school in 1995. Durham School of the Arts opened in 1995 as the Durham Magnet Center for Visual and Performing Arts and later was renamed Durham School of the Arts. The former Durham High School campus now makes up part of the Durham School of the Arts
campus, along with the site of the former Carr Middle School. The former Durham High School auto shop is now Durham School of the Art's Black Box Theatre.
. Durham High School, was well-known for its basketball program, in fact Durham High School lead North Carolina in most Men's Basketball State Championships with 13. Before that, during a three-year period, from 1937 through 1940, under Coach Paul Sykes, Durham High's basketball team compiled a phenomenal record of seventy-three straight wins. Included in those wins were championships in the Duke-Durham Invitational Tournament and the Eastern Interscholastic Tournament at Glen Falls, NY. Horace "Bones" McKinney, was the premier player during this three year, undefeated span. McKinney later became a standout collegiate and professional basketball player, ultimately ending up as Head Coach, for many years, at Wake Forest College. The gymnasium at Durham High was later named for Coach Sykes. http://www.nchsaa.org/pdf/1132B.pdf In 1969, Dave Odom
became Durham High's basketball coach. He was voted the league's coach of the year five times in his seven years there, before becoming a coaching assistant at Wake Forest University
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Durham, North Carolina
Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
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History
During racial segregationRacial segregation
Racial segregation is the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life. It may apply to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home...
Durham High School was a high school for whites in the city of Durham. The high school for African Americans was Hillside High School.
Central High School, located on Morris Street, opened in 1906 and served Durham city's white high school students until 1922. This building then was converted to Durham's City Hall and is now the home of the Durham Arts Council (also known as Royall Center for the Arts).
Durham High School replaced Central High School in 1922 on property that once belonged to Brodie L. Duke.
Located next to Durham High School was also the then new Central Junior High School, which opened in 1926. The building was later renamed Julian S. Carr Junior High School in 1945. The junior high became part of the Durham High School campus in the fall of 1975, when the school district expanded high schools to include grade 9. (Prior to that year, Durham junior highs included grades 7-9 and high schools served grades 10-12.)
By the 1970s Durham High School was no longer a majority white school and had in fact become a majority African American high school along with the traditional African American Hillside High School. Durham High School closed as a traditional high school in 1995. Durham School of the Arts opened in 1995 as the Durham Magnet Center for Visual and Performing Arts and later was renamed Durham School of the Arts. The former Durham High School campus now makes up part of the Durham School of the Arts
Durham School of the Arts
Durham School of the Arts is a secondary magnet school located in downtown Durham, North Carolina, housing 1,381 students. Its focus is on the visual and performing arts....
campus, along with the site of the former Carr Middle School. The former Durham High School auto shop is now Durham School of the Art's Black Box Theatre.
Athletics
Durham High School's football team won five state championships between 1938 and 1945, under Coach Cary BrewbakerCary Brewbaker
Cary Brewbaker was an American high school and college football coach. He started coaching at Durham High School, where his teams won or shared five state championships from 1938 to 1945. He then spent eighteen years as the defensive line coach on Earle Edwards' coaching staff at North Carolina...
. Durham High School, was well-known for its basketball program, in fact Durham High School lead North Carolina in most Men's Basketball State Championships with 13. Before that, during a three-year period, from 1937 through 1940, under Coach Paul Sykes, Durham High's basketball team compiled a phenomenal record of seventy-three straight wins. Included in those wins were championships in the Duke-Durham Invitational Tournament and the Eastern Interscholastic Tournament at Glen Falls, NY. Horace "Bones" McKinney, was the premier player during this three year, undefeated span. McKinney later became a standout collegiate and professional basketball player, ultimately ending up as Head Coach, for many years, at Wake Forest College. The gymnasium at Durham High was later named for Coach Sykes. http://www.nchsaa.org/pdf/1132B.pdf In 1969, Dave Odom
Dave Odom
Dave Odom is a retired American men's college basketball coach, who most recently coached at the University of South Carolina...
became Durham High's basketball coach. He was voted the league's coach of the year five times in his seven years there, before becoming a coaching assistant at Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...
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