Gaines High School

Gaines High School
Cincinnati
,
(Hamilton County)
,
Ohio

United States
Information
Opened1866
Closed1887, or 1890
Principal
Peter H. Clark,
William H. Parham
Grades9–12

Gaines High School was a high school for African American students, and later served as a normal school for teacher training in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded in 1866 and named for John Ishom Gaines. It closed around 1887.

History

Gaines High School was preceded by the privately funded Gilmore High School (also known as Cincinnati High School or Cincinnati High School for Colored People).[citation needed]

Gaines High School opened in 1866. It was named for school board member John Isom Gaines, who was an advocate of schools for African Americans in Ohio.[citation needed] It was one of Ohio's first public high schools for African Americans.[citation needed]

Peter Humphries Clark and then William H. Parham served as its principals.[when?] Clark introduced baseball as part of the school's program. Clark became a Socialist and joined the Democratic Party, costing him support in the African American community and his job.

The year of the school's closure is uncertain; sources say 1887 or 1890. A historical marker commemorates the school.

E. E. White eliminated the highest grade offered at Gaines High School, a high school for African Americans in Cincinnati, stopping it from produccing additional high school graduates.

Alumni

References

  1. ↑ Bertaux, Nancy; Washington, Michael (2005). "The "Colored Schools" of Cincinnati and African American Community in Nineteenth-Century Cincinnati, 1849-1890". The Journal of Negro Education. 74 (1): 43–52. JSTOR 40027229.
  2. 1 2 "Peter Clark: the Father of Black Baseball in Cincinnati | Walnut Hills Historical Society". February 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ Suess, Jeff. "Peter H. Clark educated generation of city's black teachers". The Enquirer.
  4. 1 2 "Gaines High School / Peter H. Clark Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
  5. ↑ https://walnuthillsstories.org/stories/reconstructing-the-destruction-of-gaines-high-school/
  6. ↑ "Jewett, John W." Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA). University of Kentucky Libraries.
  7. ↑ https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009972607
  8. ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Henry-Turner

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