Gibsland–Coleman High School

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Gibsland–Coleman High School, also known as Gibsland-Coleman Complex, is a K-12 public school in Gibsland, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of the Bienville Parish School Board.^[2] It previously was named "Gibsland Colored High School", and Coleman High School.

The Gibsland–Coleman High School receives Title 1 funding.^[2] In 2020–2021, the school had a 90% minority enrollment, and is primary African American students.^[3]

Gibsland–Coleman High School athletics competes in the LHSAA. Nearby public schools include Arcadia High School, Ringgold High School, and Castor High School.^[3]

The site of the Gibsland-Coleman Complex is the same location as Coleman College, an African American segregated secondary school and the first African American institution for higher learning in North Louisiana.^[4] In 1937, Coleman College closed due to the Great Depression and the campus was sold to the Bienville School District.^[4]

It was re-opened as "Gibsland Colored High School", a segregated African American public secondary school (and was later known as Coleman High School).^[4] John Sherman Campbell (1897–1976), a noted educator, wildlife manager, conservationist, served as the principal from 1935 to 1938.^[5]

In 1970, the school was renamed Gibsland–Coleman High School, after full integration with the segregated all-white Gibsland High School.^{[citation needed]}

On February 7, 2014, a large marker was unveiled at the Gibsland–Coleman School Complex dedicated to Coleman College.

• Charles M. Blow (born 1970) journalist, class of 1988^[6]
• Wilmer Clemont Fields (1922–2018) Southern Baptist minister, public relations executive, newspaper editor, class of 1939 at Gibsland High School^[7]

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