Draft:Lomax School

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Lomax School is a magnet school in Tampa. The original Lomax School was for African Americans. Blanche Street School also served the community.

It was in District 4. School Number 2 served West Tampa. The District 4's other schools for blacks were Harlem Academy, Caeser Street, Dobeyville, and Robles Pond. In 1926 11,623 white students and 1,875 "Colored" students were documented in District 4 and 45.

Walter A. Armwood served as principal. Circa 1926 Evans Oliver Sylvester Cleveland served as its principal for one year. Principal Edward Davis was ousted in 1934 due to his activism.

Clemmie James was photographed with her students at Lomax Elementary School during the 1933-1934 school year. The school had an intercom system. Ella K. Hadley's "pre-desegregation" retirement party was also photographed. Georgette Gardner was principal.

See also

• St. Peter Claver Catholic School (Tampa), a Catholic school for blacks in Tampa
• Gilchrist High School (Tampa), an African Methodist Episcopal school for African Americans in Tampa (I can only fond the one source for this) "gilchrist+high+school"+tampa&dq="gilchrist+high+school"+tampa&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi__vCL8pqIAxXKEFkFHaigPI8Q6AF6BAgFEAM