Chandler High School Integration 1949-1950
In 1949, Willie Arbuckle, Robert Turner, Artie Mae Turner, Joella Arbuckle, Ernestine Jackson, Willie Ruth Payne, J. L. Payne, and Nina Loftan were the first eight Black students integrated into Chandler High School, five years before the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education integrated schools nationwide. After attending segregated schools in Mesa, Phoenix, and Chandler’s Goodyear School, these groundbreaking students opened the school year as juniors, sophomores, and freshmen at Chandler High. Willie Arbuckle and Robert Turner became the first Black students to graduate from the school in 1951.
 1950 Chandler High School Freshman |
1950 Chandler High School Freshman: J.L. Payne, Nina Loftan, Willie Ruth Payne |
1950 Chandler High School Juniors: Willie Arbuckle and Robert Turner |
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1950 Chandler High School Sophomores
| 1950 Chandler High School Sophomores: Artie Mae Turner, Ernestine Jackson, Joella Arbuckle | 1950 Chandler High School Juniors
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1950 El Lobo Yearbook | 1951 Chandler High School Yearbook: Robert Turner | 1951 Chandler High School Yearbook: Willie Arbuckle
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