“Lincoln High School was my lifeline. If it had not been for Lincoln I never would have gone to college. The school offered opportunities that I never would have had. The teachers were preparing us for the future, and they knew it. They knew what an important role they and the school community would play in our lives.”
Lorraine Footman Barnes

from Secondary School Study documents:
Lincoln High School, Tallahassee, Florida
G.L. Porter, Principal

Lincoln is a combination elementary school and six-year high school.  It serves the city of Tallahassee and Leon County.  In 1940 there were 464 pupils and 19 teachers in the high school.  Lincoln’s modern facilities permit a wide range of school activities.  Tallahassee is the capital city of Florida and the seat of Leon County.  Farming is the chief occupation and a box factory is perhaps the single large industry in Tallahassee.  The city is not easily accessible by train.  Lincoln received accreditment in 1942.     

from W. H. Brown & W. A. Robinson,
Serving Negro Schools: A Report on the Secondary School Study (1946)

“The lack of equipment and inadequate facilities did not deter the Lincoln High School teachers from their mission to provide black youth with the best possible education in spite of the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’—in a word, segregation.” Willie Deas

“Coming to Lincoln High School for those of us in the country was a way to stay in the city. I found caring people here. My life would have been so much different if I hadn’t met these teachers. They helped me to develop a different perspective on life.”
Irene Thompson Perry

“Lincoln High School was a true community. Students and faculty were included in all activities, and the school was like a family.”
Lessie Sanford

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