Douglass High School (Kingsport, Tennessee)

Douglass High School
Address
Map
301 Louis St

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United States
Coordinates36°32′10″N 82°33′13″W / 36.5361°N 82.5535°W / 36.5361; -82.5535
Information
TypeAll-black public school
MottoV-I-C-T-O-R-Y
Opened1913
StatusClosed
ClosedJune 8, 1966
School districtSullivan County Schools
Grades1-12
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Blue
SongWe are the Sons and Daughters of Douglass
SportsBasketball
Team nameTigers
AccreditationSouthern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges

Douglass High School was an African-American high school in Kingsport, Tennessee that closed in 1966. At the time, it was the largest African-American school in Upper East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and Southeast Kentucky, and the largest between Knoxville, Tennessee and Roanoke, Virginia. It was named for the great African-American statesman Frederick Douglass.