Title	Pearl High School: view with sports banner
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van
Date	ca. 2001
Coverage	2000-2009
Property name	Pearl High School
Property type	School
National Register Reference	02000828 listed 2002/08/02
Community Name	Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Description	Black and white photograph of a two story brick building; rear view; three sets of double doors with porch awnings; two sets of stone stairs in a hill leading to building; six small windows between sets of doors; several cars in foreground; sign reading "Home of the King Royals" and "Coca-Cola."
Historical Notes	Pearl School began in 1883 as a grammar school on present day Fifth Ave South. It remained in that area, known as "Black Bottom" until 1917 when the student population outgrew the building. Pearl High School was the second public African-American high school in Nashville. It became an educational center for the fine arts, music, and sports after some architecture additions in the late 1930s. Its first graduating class was in 1898. Pearl High also was one of two major black schools in Nashville built with Public Works Administration funds during the New Deal of the 1930s. In late 2001, the school changed its name to Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	Pearl High School (Nashville, Tenn.) African American schools -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM	Schools
Type	Still image
Genre	Photograph
Extent	5 x 7 in.
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

Pearl High School: view with sports banner

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