[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 57 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E465]
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                      HONORING LANIER HIGH SCHOOL

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 14, 2016

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Lanier High School. It takes its name from the late, distinguished, 
William Henry Lanier, a former President of Alcorn College and the 
first Supervisor of Jackson Colored Public Schools.
  Lanier was born a slave in Huntsville, Alabama in 1851. He attended 
Tougaloo College, Oberlin College and Fisk University and received his 
B.A. degree from Roger Williams University. He served as president of 
Alcorn A&M for six years. Lanier taught school in Forest, Winona, Black 
Hawk, Carrollton, Yazoo City and Jackson. He was principal of the 
Robertson School from 1912-1929.
  Lanier was first organized as a junior-senior high school in 1925, 
providing instruction for pupils from the seventh through the twelfth 
grades. A new chapter was added to our history when, on February 8, 
1954, they transferred from the old Lanier at 136 East Ash Street and 
occupied the new Lanier Junior-Senior High School building at 833 West 
Maple Street. On January 27, 1972, the United States Fifth Circuit 
Court of Appeals ordered that Lanier School be designated as a center 
for the enrollment of 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students. In 1991, 9th 
grade students were added to the enrollment.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Lanier 
High School.

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