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 [1]

It opened in 1946 as Houma Colored High School, and 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. Dishman, Jaime Lugibihl (2005-06-26). "Students of former Southdown High School gather for remembrance". Houma Today. Retrieved 2016-12-04.

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