Pearl High School - 3A 147 - Nashville, TN - Tennessee Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Pearl High School is a historic building in Nashville, TN. The school moved a few times after opening in 1883. It finally settled in this location in 1936. It was named after the original superintendent of schools, Joshua Pearl. The school closed in 1983 and a new school, Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School, opened 3 years later in 1986.

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Named for Joshua F. Pearl, the city's first superintendent of schools, Pearl was established in 1883 as a grammar school for Negroes and was located on old South Summer Street. It became a high school in 1897 when grades 9 thru 11 were transferred from Meigs School. In 1917, the 12th grade was added and Pearl moved to 16th Ave. No. and Grant Street. In 1936, the school moved to this location.

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In 1966, the first year that the TSSAA was fully desegregated, Pearl's boys' basketball team won the state championship. Considered one of the leading Black academic high schools in America, Pearl was closed in 1983, as a result of court imposed busing. In 1986, this facility became the site of the Martin Luther King Magnet High School for Health Sciences and Engineering.

Marker Name: Pearl High School Marker Location: City Type of Marker: Building Marker Number: 3A 147 Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission

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