Manassas High School

For schools in Manassas, Virginia, see Osbourn High School and Manassas Regional High School.

Manassas High School
Address
Map
1111 N Manassas St

Memphis, Tennessee
Information
TypePublic
Established1900
School districtMemphis-Shelby County Schools
NCES District ID4700148
NCES School ID470014801113
PrincipalEric Cooper
Teaching staff25.92 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment347 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.39[1]
Color(s)Gold and blue     [2]
Team nameTigers[2]
Website[1]

Manassas High School is in Memphis, Tennessee. It was established in 1900. As of 2022, the school had about 420 students 96 percent of whom were black.[3] The high school produced several prominent jazz musicians.[4][5] In the 1920s, it was one of two high schools in Memphis for African Americans.[6]

It received Rosenwald School funding. Cora Taylor was its principal.[7] In 1940, it was listed as a "Negro" school that taught Service Occupations.[8] In 1954, it was listed as instructing auto mechanics.[9] In 1946 the Tennessee Negro Athletic Association met in Nashville with the school's J. A. Hayes leading it.[10] Boxer Joe Louis attended the school's 1948 football game against Booker T. Washington High School.[11]

In 1952, a study of the intelligence of the school's students was published.[12] In 1953, a report on the reasons for drop-outs given by students, teachers and parents from the school was published.[13] In 1971, a study of female students attitude towards physical education at the school was published.[14] Louis B. Hobson was principal in 1972 when plans to make it a middle school in the wake of desegregation were proposed.[15]

Robert Samuel White Sr. wes the school's principal for 14 years during the 1980s and 1990s.[16]

The 2011 documentary film Undefeated is about the school's football team and its former coach, Bill Courtney.[17][18][19] Its football team has made 12 championship appearances and won twice.[20]

  1. ^ a b c "Manassas High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Manassas High School". Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  3. ^ https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/tennessee/districts/shelby-county-schools/manassas-high-school-18096
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference jazz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Kernodle, Tammy L.; Maxile, Horace (December 17, 2010). Encyclopedia of African American Music [3 volumes]. ISBN 9780313342004.
  6. ^ Wilkinson, Christopher (February 1, 2012). Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930–1942. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62846-751-2.
  7. ^ Gritter, Elizabeth (February 17, 2014). River of Hope: Black Politics and the Memphis Freedom Movement, 1865–1954. ISBN 9780813144740.
  8. ^ Coxen, James Reason (1940). Directory of Federally Aided All-day Trade and Industrial Education Programs. U.S. Office of Education, Federal Security Agency.
  9. ^ Education, United States Division of Vocational (1954). Directory of All-day Trade and Industrial Education Programs Qualified for Federal Aid.
  10. ^ Convention Dates of Negro Organizations. 1943.
  11. ^ Lovett, Bobby L. (2005). The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee: A Narrative History. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1-57233-443-4.
  12. ^ A Study of the Intelligence of the Pupils of Manassas High School, Memphis, Tennessee. Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University. 1952.
  13. ^ Some of the Reasons Given by Parents, Teachers, and Students for Drop-outs from Manassas High School, 1946-1950. Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University. 1953.
  14. ^ An Attitude Study of High School Girls Toward Physical Education as an Activity Course at Manassas High School, Memphis, Tennessee. Tennessee State University. 1971.
  15. ^ The Michigan Alumnus. Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. 1972.
  16. ^ "Longtime Memphian Bobby White out as official at state-run turnaround district". April 18, 2019.
  17. ^ "Coach Bill Courtney and Manassas make 'Undefeated' a true underdog story - MaxPreps".
  18. ^ "Local hero: Football coach works to keep kids safe and off the streets".
  19. ^ Northouse, Peter G. (November 5, 2019). Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-5443-5161-2.
  20. ^ "Manassas High School Championship History".