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'''Statesboro High & Industrial''' was an African-American school in Statesboro.<br />
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== History ==<br />
A new Rosenwald school building joined a building already in existence for Statesboro High & Industrial in 1922,<ref>Bulloch Times and Statesboro News, October 5, 1922</ref> but in November 1924, both buildings burned.<ref>Bulloch Times and Statesboro News, November 13, 1924</ref> Statesboro High Industrial had been boarding some students at that time and a dormitory was saved from the fire.<br />
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A second Rosenwald building was erected soon after.<ref>[http://rosenwald.fisk.edu Fisk University Rosenwald Card File Database]</ref><br />
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In c. 1948,<ref>[https://wjms-bcss-ga.schoolloop.com/history William James Middle History]</ref> the school was named for William James, a pioneer for black education in the city.<br />
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After a new William James High was built in 1955,<ref name="name">Bulloch Herald, January 12, 1956</ref> the old Statesboro High & Industrial building was retained as William James Elementary. It would burn in 1960.<ref>Bulloch Times, February 2, 1960</ref><br />
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== Football ==<br />
Statesboro High & Industrial played at least two seasons of football, playing a non-school Savannah team and against Dorchester Academy of Liberty County in the late 1920s.<br />
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