East St. Louis Lincoln High School

Public high school in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States

East St. Louis Lincoln High School

East St. Louis Lincoln Senior High School, May 2014

Address

1211 Bond Avenue

East St. Louis

Illinois

United States

Coordinates| 38°36′51″N 90°09′26″W﻿ / ﻿38.614056°N 90.157112°W﻿ / 38.614056; -90.157112
Information
Type| Public high school
Established| 1909
Closed| 1998
School district| East St. Louis School District 189
Gender| Coed
Campus type| Urban
Color(s)|  Orange and black
Team name| Tigers, Tigerettes

East St. Louis Lincoln High School was a high school in East St. Louis, Illinois. It was established in 1909 as a school for blacks and consolidated with East St. Louis Senior High School in 1998.

## History[edit]

The first school in East St. Louis named for Abraham Lincoln was a 1st–12th-grade school for black children that opened in 1886 at Sixth Street and St. Louis Avenue. In 1909, during a period of rapid expansion in East St. Louis, this school was closed, with its building becoming the headquarters of the city board of education, and East St. Louis Lincoln High School opened as a high school for blacks at 1100 East Broadway.[1][2] It was originally a junior-senior high school,[3] but later became a senior high school. By the late 1940s, with black migration continuing and the school system in the city still effectively segregated, the school was so overcrowded that the auditorium, the library, the study hall, and the music room had all been converted into classrooms; the school board promised to build a second black high school but allocated insufficient money, prompting a sit-in in 1949 for equal facilities.[4] In 1950 the school moved to a new building at 1211 Bond Avenue;[1] in the early 1960s students began to be permitted to transfer to the predominantly white East St. Louis Senior High School if Lincoln did not offer the electives they wanted.[5]

In 1998 it was consolidated with East St. Louis Senior High School; the building was used as a grade school for a few years after that,[2] but was then abandoned.[6]

## Athletics[edit]

The Lincoln Tigers and Tigerettes won 29 state championships in sports, 14 of them in girls' track and field within a 17-year period;[2] the girls' track and field coach, Nino Fennoy, became the coach at East St. Louis Senior High School after consolidation, as did the boys' basketball coach, Bennie Lewis Sr., whose program dominated the state in the 1980s.[2][7][8] The two schools had been traditional rivals, particularly in basketball.[9]

## Notable alumni and staff[edit]

* Elwood Buchanan, music teacher[3]
* Miles Davis, jazz musician[3]
* LaPhonso Ellis, basketball player[2][10]
* Terreon Gully, jazz drummer[11]
* Tina Hutchinson, basketball player[12]
* Al Joyner, track and field athlete, gold medalist at 1984 Summer Olympics[2]
* Jackie Joyner-Kersee, track and field athlete, winner of six Olympic medals and four world championships[2][13]
* Cuonzo Martin, basketball player, head coach at University of Missouri[2][10]
* Ted Savage, former Major League Baseball player

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Wright, John Aaron (2002). Discovering African American St. Louis: A Guide to Historic Sites. St. Louis, Missouri: Missouri Historical Society. p. 162. ISBN 9781883982454.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h "East St. Louis Lincoln "Tigers" and "Tigerettes"". Illinois High School Glory Days. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
3. ^ a b c Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe (1989). Miles: The Autobiography. New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 30–31. ISBN 9780671635046. "Buchanan."
4. ^ Elliott M. Rudwick (Spring 1965). "Fifty Years of Race Relations in East St. Louis: The Breaking Down of White Supremacy". Midcontinent American Studies Journal. 6 (1): 6–7. JSTOR 40640532.
5. ^ Rudwick, p. 8.
6. ^ "Lincoln High, a public disgrace". KMOV CBS news. March 13, 2015.
7. ^ Barry Temkin (February 27, 1989). "Who's Bennie Lewis? Only Illinois' Coach Of The '80s". Chicago Tribune.
8. ^ Maurice Scott, Jr. (March 28, 2013). "Bennie Lewis coaching tree". The St. Louis American.
9. ^ Dean Criddle (April 7, 2015). "Alumni game for East St. Louis, Lincoln set". Belleville News-Democrat.
10. ^ a b Ben Frederickson (October 29, 2015). "Cuonzo Martin strengthens bond with East St. Louis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
11. ^ Darrell McWhorter (April 23, 1989). "Jazz Band Plays Blues – And Seeks Green". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. C1. ProQuest 514427000.
12. ^ Holbreich, Curt (August 9, 1988). "SCARRED PAST : For Basketball Star Tina Hutchinson, Line of Demarcation Begins With Knee Surgery, Continues on a Troubled Course". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
13. ^ "Joyner-Kersee has tearful homecoming". Deseret News. United Press International. October 15, 1988. p. D3.

* v
* t
* e

East St. Louis, Illinois

History|

* 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado
* East St. Louis riots (1917)

Schools|

* East St. Louis School District 189
* East St. Louis Senior High School

| Closed|

* East St. Louis Lincoln High School

|

Landmarks|

* Casino Queen
* Spivey Building

Transportation|

| MetroLink|

* East Riverfront
* 5th & Missouri
* Emerson Park
* JJK Center
* Washington Park.

|

* MetroBus
* St. Clair County Transit District

This list is incomplete.

* v
* t
* e

High schools in Greater St. Louis

Missouri public
high schools|

* Affton
* Bayless
* Beaumont
* Brentwood
* Carnahan
* Central VPA
* Clayton
* Cleveland
* Cylde C. Miller
* Collegiate
* Crystal City
* Eureka
* Farmington
* Fern Ridge
* Festus
* Fort Zumwalt East
* Fort Zumwalt North
* Fort Zumwalt South
* Fort Zumwalt West
* Fox
* Francis Howell
* Francis Howell Central
* Francis Howell North
* Gateway
* Hazelwood Central
* Hazelwood East
* Hazelwood West
* Herculaneum
* Hillsboro
* Holt
* Kirkwood
* Ladue
* Lafayette
* Lindbergh
* Maplewood Richmond Heights
* Marquette
* McCluer
* McCluer North
* STEAM Acad. @ McCluer South-Berkeley
* McKinley
* Mehlville
* Metro
* Normandy
* North County (Bonne Terre)
* Northwest Academy
* Northwest
* Nottingham
* Oakville
* Orchard Farm
* Pacific
* Pattonville
* Parkway Central
* Parkway North
* Parkway South
* Parkway West
* Ritenour
* Rockwood Summit
* Roosevelt
* Sch f/t Blind
* Silex
* St. Charles
* St. Charles West
* Seckman
* Soldan
* Sumner
* Timberland
* Troy Buchanan
* Union
* University City
* Valley Park
* Vashon
* Warrenton
* Washington
* Webster Groves
* Windsor
* Wright City

Illinois public
high schools|

* Alton
* Belleville East
* Belleville West
* Brussels
* Bunker Hill
* Cahokia
* Calhoun
* Carlinville
* Carlyle
* Central
* Civic Memorial
* Collinsville
* Columbia
* Dupo
* East Alton-Wood River
* East St. Louis
* Edwardsville
* Freeburg
* Gillespie
* Granite City
* Greenville
* Highland
* Jersey
* Lebanon
* Madison
* Marissa
* Mascoutah
* Mount Olive
* Mulberry Grove
* New Athens
* North Mac
* O'Fallon
* Roxana
* Southwestern
* Staunton
* Triad
* Waterloo
* Valmeyer
* Wesclin

Catholic Archdiocesan
high schools|

* Althoff
* Bishop DuBourg
* Cardinal Ritter
* Duchesne
* Gilbault
* Mater Dei
* Rosati-Kain
* St. Dominic
* St. Francis Borgia
* St. Mary's
* St. Pius X

| Closed|

* John F. Kennedy
* Trinity

|

Catholic private
high schools|

* Barat Academy
* Chaminade
* Christian Brothers
* Cor Jesu
* De Smet
* Incarnate Word
* Marquette Catholic
* Nerinx Hall
* Notre Dame
* St. John Vianney
* St. Joseph's
* Priory
* St. Louis University High
* Ursuline
* Villa Duchesne
* Visitation

| Closed|

* St. Elizabeth

|

Other private
high schools|

* Christian
* Crossroads
* GreenPark Christian Academy
* John Burroughs School
* Logos
* Lutheran North
* Lutheran South
* Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School
* Meramec Valley Christian School
* North County Christian School
* The Principia
* Thomas Jefferson School
* Tower Grove Christian Academy
* Twin City Christian Academy
* Whitfield School
* Westminster Christian Academy

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template