St. Jude Educational Institute

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| name = St. Jude Educational Institute

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| streetaddress = 2048 West Fairview Avenue

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| city = Montgomery, Alabama

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| zipcode = 36108

| coordinates = {{coord|32.353|-86.327|format=dms|type:edu_region:US-AL|display=inline,title}}

| religion = Roman Catholic

| faculty = 15

| accreditation = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools{{cite web|url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?|title=SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement|access-date=2009-06-23|author=SACS-CASI|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429033455/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/|archive-date=2009-04-29}}

| type = Private, coeducational

| grades = 7–12

| team_name = Pirates

| colors = Maroon and white
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| opened = 1946

| closed = 2014

| enrollment = 160

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| name = City of St. Jude Historic District

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| image = St Jude School June09 01.jpg

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| locmapin = USA Alabama Montgomery#Alabama#USA

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| built = 1938

| architect = William P. Callahan, Joseph C. Maschi

| architecture = Late 19th- and 20th-century Revivals, Italian Renaissance

| added = June 18, 1990

| refnum = 90000916{{NRISref|2009a}}

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St. Jude Educational Institute was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile, and was built as part of the City of St. Jude by Father Harold Purcell for the advancement of the Negro people.{{Cite web

| title = Father Harold Purcell - Former Passionist

| work = Passionist Historical Archives

| url = http://www.cpprovince.org/archives/biographical/purcell-harold.php

| access-date = 30 March 2010}}

St. Jude was opened in 1946. It offered a full college preparatory program as well as basic skills and trade programs at night for adults.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stjudeei.org/aboutus.html |title=St. Jude Educational Institute Web site |access-date=2006-12-31 |author=SJEI }}

During the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, the march camped on the St. Jude campus. The "Stars for Freedom" rally was held, featuring singers Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Tony Bennett, and comedian Sammy Davis Jr.{{Cite web|url=http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec59det.html |title=Selma-to-Montgomery 1965 Voting Rights March |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives and History |access-date=2009-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316162216/http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec59det.html |archive-date=2009-03-16 }} The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, and is part of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, created in 1996.

It closed after the end of the school year in May 2014 due to falling enrollment.{{cite news |url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2014/05/07/st-jude-closing-end-current-school-year/8825037/ |title=St. Jude closing at end of current school year |author=Moon, Josh |date=7 May 2014 |newspaper=Mongtomery Advertiser |access-date=28 February 2017}}