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Colored Industrial School of Cincinnati

Coordinates: 39°6′30″N 84°31′24″W / 39.10833°N 84.52333°W / 39.10833; -84.52333
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Colored Industrial School of Cincinnati
Address
Map
1301 John Street

Cincinnati
,
Ohio

United States
Coordinates39°6′30″N 84°31′24″W / 39.10833°N 84.52333°W / 39.10833; -84.52333[a]
Information
Other namesMcCall School
McCall Colored Industrial School
TypeTrade school for African American students
Funded by private endowment
Opened1914 (1914)
FounderSallie J. McCall
Closed1962 (1962)

Colored Industrial School of Cincinnati (also known McCall School and McCall Colored Industrial School) was a school for African Americans in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was established in 1914 at 724 W. Sixth Street.[1]

The school was established on property donated by Sallie J. McCall in her 1909 will. A trade school, courses included carpentry, masonry, cement work, automobile mechanics, driving, domestic science, dressmaking, and millinery.[1] Through a $400,000[2] endowment McCall established, equivalent to $12,167,442 in 2023, the school did not charge tuition.[3][4] Between 1914 and 1926 it had 600 graduates.[2] In the 1930s it was relocated to 1301 John Street.

Several years after Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School opened nearby, in 1962 Colored Industrial School of Cincinnati closed.[1][5] Scholarships were established for African American students with the endowment's remaining funds.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ This was the school's second location; the first was at 724 W. Sixth Street.

References

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  1. ^ a b c ""We Were Sheltered": Fannie Mallory Shares Her West End Story". chpl.org. January 27, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Giffin, William Wayne (2005). African Americans and the Color Line in Ohio, 1915-1930. Ohio State University Press. pp. 42, 131, 146. ISBN 978-0-8142-1003-1.
  3. ^ "The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati OH 17 March 1909 page 12". Newspapers.com. March 17, 1909.
  4. ^ "The Labor Advocate, Cincinnati, OH 20 January 1917 page 10". The Labor Advocate. January 20, 1917. p. 10. Retrieved December 15, 2023. Open access icon
  5. ^ "49-Year-Old McCall School Is Closing". The Cincinnati Post. March 27, 1962. p. 24. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "Judge's Ruling Will Benefit Negro Students". The Cincinnati Enquirer. February 4, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved December 18, 2023.