A. H. Parker High School

A.H. Parker High School
Location
900 4th Street N.
Birmingham, Alabama 35204
United States
Information
Type Public
Established 1900
School district Birmingham City Schools
Principal Cedric R. Tatum
Faculty 69.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment 915[2]  (2010)
Student to teacher ratio 14.7[1]
Mascot Bison
Team name Thundering Herd
Former names Negro High School
Industrial High School

A.H. Parker High School is a public high school located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school educates over 1,000 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Birmingham City Schools district.

As of 2010 the principal is Cedric Tatum.[3][4]

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History

A.H. Parker High School opened in 1900 as Negro High School then Industrial High School as the first high school for African American in Birmingham when John Herbert Phillips was superintendent.

Parker High School was once the largest African American high school in the United States with 3,700 students.[2]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b Parker High School. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-08-18. "Students: 1015 (2005-2006)"
  2. ^ a b Patrik Jonsson (24 May 2007). "White grad makes history at black school in Alabama". Seattle Times (Christian Science Monitor). http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003719592_graduate24.html. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
  3. ^ Erin Stock (11 June 2008). "Parker High supporters assail Birmingham's oversight, want principal removed". The Birmingham News. http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/06/parker_high_supporters_assail.html. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
  4. ^ "Smooth Late Registration for Birmingham Students". WVTM-TV, MSNBC.com. 31 July 2008. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25938699/. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 

Darrick Long

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