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Fidelity Manor High School

1955 establishments in TexasDefunct schools in TexasEducational institutions disestablished in 1970Educational institutions established in 1955High schools in Harris County, Texas
Historically segregated African-American schools in Texas

Fidelity Manor High School was a high school for African American children in Galena Park, Texas and a part of the Galena Park Independent School District (GPISD). It opened in 1955 and was the only black high school in the district. As part of desegregation in the United States the school merged into the previously all-white Galena Park High School in 1969. The district also closed Fidelity Elementary School at that time.

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Fidelity Manor High School
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