Richmond High School was a former public secondary school in Richmond, Virginia.[1] The school's alumni include prominent African Americans and champion runner Lon Myers, a Jew. An 1885 report on Virginia's schools showed dozens of teachers trained at Richmond High School and the teachers serving in various counties.[2]

History

The second Richmond High School building was completed in 1888 and became Garfiel Junior High in 1910 when a new high school complex was built. In 1922 it became an elementary school and was razed in 1956 when a new elementary school replaced it.[3]

The school complexes completed in 1910 and 1941 had an orchestra, auditorium, art gallery, and a gymnasium as part of its complex.[3]

Alumni

Laurence "Lon" Myers
  • Wendell Dabney, who led successful protests of African American students having a separate off campus graduation ceremony[4]
  • Irving Comer, Arlington County's first African American policeman[5]
  • Lawrence Myers, a champion short-distance runner was in the school's first graduating class[6]
  • Lefty Bowers, baseball player

References

  1. Brock, Robert Alonzo; Lewis, Virgil Anson (February 27, 1996). Virginia and Virginians. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806346335 via Google Books.
  2. Education, Virginia Department of (February 27, 1885). "Virginia School Report: Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction". Superintendent of Public Printing via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 King, Susan E. (February 27, 2005). Richmond. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738539942 via Google Books.
  4. Appiah, Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis (June 2, 2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9 via Google Books.
  5. "New South". February 27, 1967 via Google Books.
  6. Ezekiel, Herbert Tobias; Lichtenstein, Gaston (February 27, 1917). The History of the Jews of Richmond from 1769 to 1917. H. T. Ezekiel via Internet Archive. Richmond high school.

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