Charlton-Pollard High School
American high school
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Charlton-Pollard High School was a segregated high school for black students,[1] operated by the Beaumont Independent School District. The school colors were blue and white, and the mascot was the bulldog.[2] It was located in the South End area,[3] in proximity to an oil refinery.[4]
History
Named after two people, it opened in 1900.[2] Its main athletic rival was Hebert High School.[3] Carol T. Taylor Mitchell, who once taught as a science teacher at the school circa 1970, described its facilities as inferior to those of the mostly white Austin Junior High School.[4]
Charlton-Pollard consolidated with Beaumont High School to form Beaumont Charlton-Pollard High School in 1975.[2] The merger happened since Joe J. Fisher, a U.S. district judge, asked Beaumont ISD to speedily desegregate.[1]
The Charlton-Pollard High School Alumni Association exists. As of 2017[update] Bettye Duplantier, of the class of 1963, is the president of the association.[3]
Notable alumni
- Raleigh H. Brown, principal of Central High School from 1044 to 1950 when it closed and the principal of Booker T. Washington High School for 18 years[5]
- Wayne Moore – former NFL offensive tackle[6]
- Jess Phillips – former NFL running back / defensive back[6]
- Bubba Smith – former NFL defensive end[6]
- Tody Smith – former NFL defensive end[6]
- C. L. Whittington – former NFL defensive back[6]
