Colored Industrial School of Cincinnati

Colored Industrial School of Cincinnati
Colored Industrial School of Cincinnati
Address
	1301 John Street; Cincinnati, Ohio; United States
Coordinates	39°6′30″N 84°31′24″W / 39.10833°N 84.52333°W
Information
Other names	McCall School; McCall Colored Industrial School
Type	Trade school for African American students; Funded by private endowment
Opened	1914
Founder	Sallie J. McCall
Closed	1962

Colored Industrial School of Cincinnati (also known McCall School and McCall Colored Industrial School) was a school for African Americans in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was established in 1914 at 724 W. Sixth Street.^[1]

The school was established on property donated by Sallie J. McCall in her 1909 will. A trade school, courses included carpentry, masonry, cement work, automobile mechanics, driving, domestic science, dressmaking, and millinery.^[1] Through a $400,000^[2] endowment McCall established, equivalent to $12,167,442 in 2023, the school did not charge tuition.^[3]^[4] Between 1914 and 1926 it had 600 graduates.^[2] In the 1930s it was relocated to 1301 John Street.

Several years after Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School opened nearby, in 1962 Colored Industrial School of Cincinnati closed.^[1]^[5] Scholarships were established for African American students with the endowment's remaining funds.^[6]

Notes

^ This was the school's second location; the first was at 724 W. Sixth Street.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ""We Were Sheltered": Fannie Mallory Shares Her West End Story". chpl.org. January 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Giffin, William Wayne (2005). African Americans and the Color Line in Ohio, 1915-1930. Ohio State University Press. pp. 42, 131, 146. ISBN 978-0-8142-1003-1.
^ "The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati OH 17 March 1909 page 12". Newspapers.com. March 17, 1909.
^ "The Labor Advocate, Cincinnati, OH 20 January 1917 page 10". The Labor Advocate. January 20, 1917. p. 10. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
^ "49-Year-Old McCall School Is Closing". The Cincinnati Post. March 27, 1962. p. 24. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
^ "Judge's Ruling Will Benefit Negro Students". The Cincinnati Enquirer. February 4, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

[1] This was the school's second location; the first was at 724 W. Sixth Street.

[chpl-2] ""We Were Sheltered": Fannie Mallory Shares Her West End Story". chpl.org. January 27, 2022.

[:0-3] Giffin, William Wayne (2005). African Americans and the Color Line in Ohio, 1915-1930. Ohio State University Press. pp. 42, 131, 146. ISBN 978-0-8142-1003-1.

[4] "The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati OH 17 March 1909 page 12". Newspapers.com. March 17, 1909.

[5] "The Labor Advocate, Cincinnati, OH 20 January 1917 page 10". The Labor Advocate. January 20, 1917. p. 10. Retrieved December 15, 2023.

[6] "49-Year-Old McCall School Is Closing". The Cincinnati Post. March 27, 1962. p. 24. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

[7] "Judge's Ruling Will Benefit Negro Students". The Cincinnati Enquirer. February 4, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

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