Draft:Sam M. Brinkley High School
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Sam M. Brinkley High School was in Jackson, Mississippi, the state capital. It was built in 1959. The school was converted to Powell Junior High School, named for John Henry Powell. After modifications it served grades 5 and 6, then 1-6, then 7-9. Since the 1991-1992 school year it has been Powell Middle School. It is at 3655 Livingston Road. Trojans are the mascot.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jackson.k12.ms.us/AboutPowell|title=Our School / Our History|website=www.jackson.k12.ms.us}}
History
Brinkley High School, Jim Hill High School and W. H. Lanier High School were the three high schools for African Americans in the City of Jackson during segregation. Murrah High School, Central High School, Provine High School, and O. H. Wingfield High School were for white students.
Samuel M. Brinkley was a teacher and principal at Hill School, the first junior high school for African American students in the Jackson. Brinkley Middle School faced declining enrollment, and in 2023 Brinkley Middle School was merged with W. H. Lanier High School.to form Lanier Junior-Senior High School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mississippifreepress.org/two-jackson-public-schools-merge-creating-the-districts-first-7-12-institution-in-years/|title=Two Jackson Public Schools Merge, Creating 7-12 Institution|first=Torsheta|last=Jackson|date=July 25, 2023|website=Mississippi Free Press}}
John Henry Powell Sr. (1876-1964) was a professor. His son John Henry Powell Jr. also became an educator in Mississippi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-obituary-for-john-henry-p/60488144/|title=Obituary for John Henry Powell (Aged 86)|date=August 15, 2003|pages=20|via=newspapers.com}}
Campus
Alumni
- Willie Young, offensive tackle (born 1947), former NFL player who graduated from the now feeder school of Brinkley High School, Brinkley Middle School
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