Loren Maxwell: Text replacement - "{{xdat|school-dbx}} " to ""

2020-05-16T17:15:21Z

Text replacement - "{{xdat|school-dbx}} " to ""

New page

{{Stub-School}}

'''William James''' was an African-American school in Statesboro.

== History ==
Until c. 1948,<ref>[https://wjms-bcss-ga.schoolloop.com/history William James Middle History]</ref> Statesboro's black school was known as Statesboro High & Industrial. It was renamed for James, a pioneer of African-American education in the city.<ref name="name">Bulloch Herald, January 12, 1956</ref>

At the time of the name change, William James was located in a Rosenwald school,<ref>[http://rosenwald.fisk.edu/ Fisk University Rosenwald Fund Card File Database]</ref><ref>Bulloch Herald, May 3, 1951</ref> which it had outgrown. In 1952, Bulloch County agreed to a massive school improvement plan which included a new high school building at new location.<ref>Bulloch Herald, November 13, 1952</ref>

William James opened at its new location at the end of 1955.<ref name="name"/> Officials had considered renaming the school, but the William James name stuck.<ref name="name"/> The old Rosenwald building, which had been maintained as an elementary school, burned in 1960.<ref>Bulloch Times, February 2, 1960</ref>

William James closed as a high school in 1971.<ref>Georgia Educational Directory, 1971-72</ref> It spent time as William James Junior High<ref>Georgia Educational Directory, 1972-73</ref> and is currently being used for Bulloch County Board of Education offices.

== Football ==
Competing in the Georgia Interscholastic Association, William James began football on a permanent basis in 1953. When that league shut down in 1970, the school played for one season in the Georgia High School Association.

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Schools]]

William James - Revision history

Loren Maxwell: Text replacement - "{{xdat|school-dbx}} " to ""