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Central High School (Old Central)
1130 W Chestnut St, Louisville, KY 40203
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Historic Black high school where Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) graduated in 1960. From 1873 until integration, it was the academic and cultural center for Black secondary education in Louisville.
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Central High School (Louisville, Kentucky)
Public high school in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Central High School, formally known as Central High Magnet Career Academy, is a public high school located in the Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1870 as Central Colored School, it was the first African-American high school in the state of Kentucky. It was a segregated school for African American students from 1870 until 1956. It was formerly known as Central Colored High School.
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