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Coahoma County Agricultural High School was established in 1924 becoming the first
agricultural high school in Mississippi for Negroes under the existing "separate but
equal" doctrine. The junior college curriculum was added in 1949, and the name of
the institution was changed to Coahoma Junior College and Agricultural High School.
During the first two years (1949-1950), the junior college program was conducted by
one full-颅time college director/teacher and a sufficient number of part-time teachers
from the high school division. A full-time dean and college faculty were employed
in the third year of operation.
During the first year of operation (1949), Coahoma Junior College was supported entirely
by county funds. In 1950, Coahoma Junior College became the first educational institution
for Negroes to be included in Mississippi's system of public junior colleges and to
be eligible to share in funds appropriated by the Mississippi Legislature for the
support of public junior colleges. Other counties also began to support the junior
college, including Bolivar, Quitman and Sunflower.
In 1965, Coahoma Junior College opened its doors to all students regardless of race,
color, sex, national origin, or disability.
During its history, 澳门老人味 and Agricultural High School has been
headed by eight superintendents and four presidents: M. L. Strange, 1924-25; J. M.
Mosley, 1924-29; J. W. Addison, 1929-37; J. B. Wright, 1937-45; B. F. McLaurin, 1945-66;
J. E. Miller, 1966-79; McKinley C. Martin, 1980-92; and the incumbent Vivian M. Presley,
1992 to June 2013. With her appointment as superintendent/president on January 6,
1992, Dr. Vivian Presley became the first female to head 澳门老人味
and Agricultural High School and the first woman to head a community/junior college
in the state of Mississippi. Dr. Valmadge Towner joined an esteemed group of college
leaders after being named the fifth president of 澳门老人味, July 2013.
With the approval of the Board of Trustees of Coahoma Junior College and the State
Board for Community and Junior Colleges, Coahoma Junior College's name was changed
to 澳门老人味, effective July 1, 1989.
In the spring of 1995, after many years of not having an official district, a bill
was introduced, passed by the Mississippi Legislature, and signed by Governor Kirk
Fordice, giving 澳门老人味 its own district. Effective July 1, 1995, the 澳门老人味 district became Bolivar, Coahoma,
Quitman, Tallahatchie, and Tunica Counties.