St. Jude Educational Institute

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St. Jude Educational Institute
Address
2048 West Fairview Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama
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Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Opened 1946
Closed 2014
Principal Anthony Brock
Faculty 15
Grades 7–12
Enrollment 160
Color(s) Maroon and White         
Team name Pirates
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Athletic Director Fred Brock
Website http://www.stjudeei.org
City of St. Jude Historic District
File:St Jude School June09 01.jpg
St Jude School
Built 1938
Architect William P. Callahan, Joseph C. Maschi
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Italian Renaissance
NRHP Reference # 90000916[2]
Added to NRHP June 18, 1990

St. Jude Educational Institute was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Montgomery, Alabama. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile, and was built as "the City of St. Jude" by Father Harold Purcell for the advancement of the Negro people.[3]

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.[4]

During the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, the march camped on the St. Jude campus. The "Stars for Freedom" rally, featuring singers Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Tony Bennett; and comedian Sammy Davis Jr. was held.[5] 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.[2]

It closed after the end of the school year in May 2014.

Notable alumni

References

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