Phénix

1921 · 95585 — Phoenix AZ 1921. Paperback. Very Good. frontis photos 196p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 x 20 cm. Covers somewhat soiled and worn with edges frayed and chipped. Contents sound and clean with many penciled and inked signatures on many of the pages. This copy appears to have belonged to Maude D. Stewart who is identified and pictured in this volume as the Assistant Registrar of the high school. While segregation was not required by law the African American students had been confined beginning in 1914 in a separate "Department of Colored Children" with one teacher for all either in the basement of the school or in separate nearby buildings. Pages 88-91 in the Annual are devoted to that Department. The group picture shows 23 students. Three were Seniors. A separate segregated school for African Americans Phoenix Union Colored High School renamed Carver High School in 1943 was built in an industrial area near Black residential areas and opened in 1926. James Rosser a talented football and track athlete. had first entered high school in 1916 but "could not play on the football team at that time." He enlisted in the army in 1918 and served in the 10th Cavalry at Fort Huachuca where he played left half-back on the regimental team. When Rosser returned to Phoenix Union after the war Rosser was allowed to play on the high school team and seems to have been one of the most important members of the team although he is not one of the 17 individual players pictured on the pages devoted to the football team. paperback