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'''Ballard''' was an African-American school in [[Macon]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
Ballard began life as Ballard Normal, a private school. It became a public school in 1942<ref>Georgia Educational Directory, 1942-43</ref> when the American Missionary Association pulled its funds.<ref name="mercer">http://faculty.mercer.edu/davis_da/fys102/Ballard_Hudson.html</ref> The switch from private to public meant that Ballard had to change its interracial faculty.<ref name="mercer"/><br />
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Ballard combined with [[Hudson]] High School in 1949.<ref>"$500,000 High School Erected in Macon, Ga.," The Pittsburgh Courier (Pa.), November 5, 1949</ref><br />
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== Football ==<br />
Ballard was one of the earliest African-American high schools to play football in Georgia, hitting the gridiron by [[1923]].<br />
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