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Howard High School of Technology
Address
Map
401 E. 12th St.

Wilmington
,
Delaware

USA
Coordinates39°44′47.6″N 75°32′29.6″W / 39.746556°N 75.541556°W / 39.746556; -75.541556
Information
TypeVoc-tech public high school
Established1928 (incorporated into the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District in 1978)
School districtNew Castle County Vocational-Technical School District
Grades9–12
Enrollment871
CampusUrban
Color(s)Blue and White
MascotWildcats
AthleticsBlue Hen Conference, Flight "B"
Websitehttp://howard.nccvt.k12.de.us/
Howard High School
Entrance
Howard High School of Technology is located in Delaware
Howard High School of Technology
Howard High School of Technology is located in the United States
Howard High School of Technology
Built1867
ArchitectJames Oscar Batelle
NRHP reference No.85000309
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1985[1]
Designated NHLApril 4, 2005[2]

Howard High School of Technology is a vocational-technical high school in Wilmington, Delaware and is the oldest of four high schools within the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District, which includes Delcastle Technical High School in Newport, Hodgson Vo-Tech High School in Glasgow, and St. Georges Technical High School in St. Georges.

History

Formerly "Howard High School" and then "Howard Career Center," the school is a culturally significant institution in Wilmington, Delaware. Before becoming a vo-tech school, it was an all-black school, subject of Gebhart v. Belton, a 1953 desegregation court case. Parents of students bussed to Howard sued to allow admittance to all-white Claymont High School. Upon appeal to the U.S. Supreme court, it combined with four other cases, and thus was one of five schools subject of the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education U.S. supreme court case. The Howard case was the only one that had resulted in an order of desegregation at the state level. The Supreme Court ruling overturned "separate but equal" doctrine and ordered desegregation in all of the cases. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2005.[2][3] It is located in the East Brandywine Historic District.

Howard High School was named after Oliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was a corps commander noted for suffering two humiliating defeats, at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, but he recovered from the setbacks while posted in the Western Theater, and served there successfully as a corps and army commander.

Alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Howard High School". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2007-10-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Flavia W. Rutkosky and Robin Bodo (January 5, 2004). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Howard High School" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying seven photos

School District

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