Southdown High School

Southdown High School was a segregated school for black people in Houma, Louisiana. It was a part of Terrebonne Parish School District and was the only public black school in the parish.^[1]

It opened in 1946 as Houma Colored High School. In 1949 it became Southtown High School; in 1952 grades 6-12 began classes and in 1953 the first class graduated. Its name changed to Southdown High School when it moved into its final location, a St. Charles Street building. Its books originated from the then-white Terrebonne High School and South Terrebonne High School. Eventually it became a grade 9-12 school. In 1969 the school closed due to racial integration, and students moved to South Terrebonne High School and Terrebonne High School.^[1]

References

1 2 Dishman, Jaime Lugibihl (2005-06-26). "Students of former Southdown High School gather for remembrance". Houma Today. Retrieved 2016-12-04.

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Schools

Terrebonne Parish School District

High schools	Ellender Memorial High School H. L. Bourgeois High School South Terrebonne High School Terrebonne High School Terrebonne Career and Technical High School

Former black schools	Southdown High School (Houma Colored High School)

Private schools

High schools	Vandebilt Catholic High School

This list is incomplete.

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