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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
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. That is the story that people remember; only some will recall the police guarding the players and the motorcade being directed from downtown ...
Plan a Meeting. Start Planning. 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. Crispus Attucks, a Black man, was the first hero to die in the American Revolution, and the high school named in his honor was established in ...
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 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 ...
Crispus Attucks High School, a high school in Indianapolis that remained segregated until the 1970s, won the state basketball championship in 1955 and 1956. By doing so, they became the first all-black team in the nation to win a state high school basketball title.
