Lanier High School (Jackson, Mississippi)
Lanier High School is a public high school located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Jackson Public School District. The current principal is Valerie Bradley. There were a total of 872 students enrolled in Lanier High during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school is 100% African American.
History
Lanier was founded in 1925 as a junior and senior high school. It was named after William Henry Lanier (1855–1929), who was superintendent of black schools in Jackson from 1912 until his death. Due to segregation, Lanier was reserved for black students until 1969, when Jackson schools were integrated by law.
Feeder pattern
The following schools feed into Lanier High School.
- Middle schools
- Brinkley Middle School
- Elementary schools
- Dawson Elementary School
- Galloway Elementary School
- Johnson Elementary School
- Smith Elementary School
- Walton Elementary School
Notable alumni
- Lerone Bennett Jr., author and social historian
- Monta Ellis, former NBA player
- Daryl Jones (born 1955), (Democratic politician) in Miami, Florida
- Arvesta Kelly, ABA basketball player
- Richard Wright, renowned African-American author; attended Lanier but dropped out to earn money for his family
- Willie Young , former NFL player; graduated from the now feeder school of Brinkley High School, Brinkley Middle School
References
- ^ "School History". Lanier High School. Jackson (MS) Public Schools. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
Lanier was first organized as a junior-senior high school in 1925 providing instruction for pupils from the seventh through the twelfth grades.
- ^ "Superintendent". Retrieved December 17, 2008.
- ^ "Lanier High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ^ "MHSAA School Directory". Mississippi High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Administration / Principal". http. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ^ "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
- ^ Dreher, Arielle (November 15, 2017). "How Integration Failed in Jackson's Public Schools from 1969 to 2017". Jackson Free Press.
- ^ Taylor, Ayana (May 12, 2004). "JPS, Then and Now". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ Feeder Patterns Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – Jackson Public Schools.
- ^ [http://themississippilink.com/wp- content/uploads/2012/01/July-10-2014.pdf Jackson's 'Legends of Basketball' reunion brings together Brinkley, Jim Hill and Lanier high school players who 'ruled the court']
- ^ Rayson, Ann. "Richard Wright's Life." Modern American Poetry. Nelson, Cary and Brinkman, Bartholomew, eds. Department of English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 2001.
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