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'''F.B. Henderson''' was an African-American school in Jackson.<br />
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== History ==<br />
F.B. Henderson got its name in approximately 1939, a year after the new six-room Jackson Negro School was built,<ref name="Jackson">[http://www.cityofjacksonga.com/DocumentCenter/View/25 Jackson: A History of the Middle of Georgia]</ref> though it doesn't seem that the change was official (or did not apply to the elementary portion or was voted upon again) until 1955.<ref name="Jackson"/> The name honored former principal Fannie B. Henderson.<br />
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A new F.B. Henderson opened in November 1955.<ref name="Jackson"/> <br />
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Henderson closed as a high school in 1970, but was retrained as an elementary and junior high immediately after.<ref>Georgia Educational Directory, 1970-71</ref><br />
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== Football ==<br />
Henderson began football in 1953 and continued fielding teams through 1969.<br />
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