High School, Spring and Bank streets

ID: 1005 ~ Source: Courtesy New Albany-Floyd County Public Library

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Before 1880, New Albany high schools were segregated by gender. When the New Albany School board created an African American high school, it consolidated the white girls and boys schools in this building on the corner of Spring and Bank streets.

This file appears in: Scribner High School

Scribner High School

By Alex Covington, Jacob Burress, Trish Nohalty & Tommy Skaggs

Before the Civil War, African Americans had limited educational opportunities. White children had access to tutors, private academies, and, in some areas, public schools. By contrast, black children, whether enslaved or free, rarely received…