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Crispus Attucks High School (also known as Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School) is a public high school of Indianapolis Public Schools in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Its namesake, Crispus Attucks (c.1723 – March 5, 1770), was an African American patriot killed during the Boston Massacre.
1 de feb. de 2023 · Crispus Attucks High School. 1140 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 317.226.2800. School Start: 7:20 a.m. School End: 2:10 p.m. Twitter; Facebook; YouTube
The Crispus Attucks Museum, named for the local Indianapolis Public School of the same name, houses memorabilia from the first all African-American high school in Indiana.
28 de jun. de 2023 · Crispus Attucks was not only the first Indianapolis team to become state champions, but they were also the first all-Black team to win a state championship in Indiana and the nation.
Crispus Attucks High School was the city’s response to pressure to segregate public secondary education. In the 1920s, most of the city’s elementary schools were already segregated, but the lack of a separate secondary school forced the public school system to enroll Blacks in existing high schools. Late in 1922, the school board ...
Browse This Collection. Crispus Attucks was Indianapolis' first segregated high school built for African-Americans in 1927. It was named after Crispus Attucks, a black man who was the first American to die in the Boston Massacre in 1770, a precursor to the American Revolutionary War.
Crispus Attucks has a long and rich history in Indiana and in the IPS district. In 1927, Attucks opened its doors as a segregated high school — to educate Indianapolis’ growing black population — after city officials decided to institute school desegregation in the 1920s.
