Tag Archives: Black History

If you are black and graduated from a high school in the southern US prior to 1970, you graduated from a historically black high school. I graduated from the historically black Eva H Harris High School in Brookhaven, MS in … Continue reading →

The Great Migration Of 1910-60 Saw Black Americans Leaving The South For Better Prospects “Up North”. Now, They And Succeeding Generations Are Returning – Lured By Economic And Racial Progress. After World War II, Melton McMorris taught for 18 years … Continue reading →

Tillman discusses history of black schools Wednesday, April 14, 2010 2:25 pm When Brookhaven’s Annie Tillman reached the eighth grade, she found herself alone. Tillman, a 32-year educator who retired from the Brookhaven School District in 2004, was the only … Continue reading →

Eva Harris property up for sale Eva Harris Alternative School and a former principal’s and coach’s house on the Enterprise Attendance Center campus are for sale. The two buildings will be sold separately after the Lincoln County Board of Education … Continue reading →

Eva H. Harris School had a relatively short history. The groundbreaking ceremony was in September 1958 for the new Eva Harris Negro School for all negro high school students and part of the negro elementary students in the Lincoln County School District. … Continue reading →