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The Georgia Interscholastic Association was a school league for black high schools in Georgia.

==History==

==Football==
Its first recognized football champion was [[Washington High of Atlanta]] in [[1948]] and the final was [[Houston County Training]] of [[Perry]] in [[1969]]. The league ceased operations in 1970.

Washington, the first champion, was the winner of the [[Big Seven conference]]. The GIA expanded to three football classifications in [[1949]] - AA, A and B. Class C existed for the league's smallest schools and crowned basketball champions through 1964, but with very few C teams fielding football teams, they were included in that sport with Class B. Class B was dropped in [[1968]].

With public school integration starting in Atlanta in 1961, more schools began opening their doors to black students. The [[Georgia High School Association]] voted to begin accepting all-black schools as members in 1966 during its annual meeting<ref>"School Group Drops Barrier," The Palm Beach Post, May 26, 1966</ref>. Football-playing [[Atlanta]] schools [[Archer]], [[Howard]], [[Washington]], [[South Fulton]], [[Harper]], [[Price]], and [[Turner]], and [[Savannah]] schools [[Beach]], [[Johnson]], and [[Tompkins]] departed that year. More large schools left in 1967-69 for the GHSA and with smaller schools closing because of full integration, the GIA opted to disband in 1970<ref>"G.I.A. to disband in 1970," The Atlanta Constitution, November 12, 1969</ref>. Current member schools were advised to apply to join the GHSA.

As of 2017, the only GIA schools still competing in the GHSA are [[Beach]], [[Carver (Atlanta)]], [[Carver (Columbus)]], [[Hancock Central]], [[Johnson (Savannah)]], [[Josey]], [[Lucy Laney]], [[Monroe (Albany)]], [[Spencer]], and [[Washington (Atlanta)]].

In 2002, the GHSA voted to include GIA state championships with its records <ref>[http://onlineathens.com/stories/100902/spo_20021009034.shtml "Black Schools Get In Georgia Record Books," Athens Banner-Herald, October 9, 2002]</ref>

==References==
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Georgia Interscholastic Association - Revision history

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