Bridgeforth High School in Pulaski, Tennessee, was Giles County, Tennessee's, first high school for African Americans.
[2] It was named for J. T. Bridgeforth, who was one of the earliest African-American educators in the county.
[2][3] The school's first building, also known as Bridgeforth School or the Greater Richland Creek Missionary Baptist General Association, is a colonial revival style building completed in 1936, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
[2] The original Bridgeforth High School building was listed on the National Register in 2006.
After integration, the building became the home of Pulaski Junior High School, which enrolled grades 7 to 9.