St. Jude Educational Institute was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile, and was built as part of the City of St. Jude by Father Harold Purcell for the advancement of the Negro people.[3]
| St. Jude Educational Institute | |
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| Address | |
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2048 West Fairview Avenue 36108 | |
| Coordinates | 32°21′11″N 86°19′37″W / 32.353°N 86.327°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Opened | 1946 |
| Closed | 2014 |
| Faculty | 15 |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Enrollment | 160 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and white |
| Team name | Pirates |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
City of St. Jude Historic District | |
 St Jude School | |
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| Built | 1938 |
| Architect | William P. Callahan, Joseph C. Maschi |
| Architectural style | Late 19th- and 20th-century Revivals, Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000916[2] |
| Added to NRHP | June 18, 1990 |
St. Jude was opened in 1946. It offered a full college preparatory program as well as basic skills and trade programs at night for adults.[4]
During the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, the march camped on the St. Jude campus. The "Stars for Freedom" rally was held, featuring singers Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Tony Bennett, and comedian Sammy Davis Jr.[5] The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, and is part of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, created in 1996.[2]
It closed after the end of the school year in May 2014 due to falling enrollment.[6]
Notable alumni
edit- Ousmane Cisse, basketball player
- JaMychal Green, basketball player
- Winston E. Willis, real estate developer
- Frank Oliver, football player NFL
References
edit- ^ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Father Harold Purcell - Former Passionist". Passionist Historical Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ^ SJEI. "St. Jude Educational Institute Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ "Selma-to-Montgomery 1965 Voting Rights March". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ Moon, Josh (7 May 2014). "St. Jude closing at end of current school year". Mongtomery Advertiser. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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