Description
Industrial High School for black students was located on 15th Street at the site of the present Central Elementary School.
The graduating class of 1946 included:
Front row: Teacher Effie Mathews, unknown, Thomas Brown, Mildred Abercrombie, Oscar Tucker, Melinda Prude, Enoch Cameron. Far right on the front row is Principal McDonald Hughes and next to him is his wife. Also in the photo are Maude Story, Ida Grace Carleton, Bernice Howard, Bernice Hudson, Julia Merriweather Howard, Mary Watson, Annie Bell Nesby, Harriet O'Rourke, Edna Earl Harris, Doris Glover, Essie Martin Jefferson, Olivia Maniece, Norma Maniece, Minnie Lee Presswood, Nebraska Morrow, Sue Bell, Edmund Dunn, Lula Pearl Hill Jones, Thennie Rumph, Ruby Johnson, Marietha Barnes, Evelyn Harris, Lucille Pratcher, Eva Cameron, Velma Hawkins, John Craig, Robert Presswood, Maggie James, Luvern Goodson, Amanda Williams and Nathan Stranger. The photo was contributed by Oscar Tucker and some people were identified by Enoch Cameron, members of the class.