Holy Ghost High School

[1] The earliest African American school in the St. Landry Parish was the Grimble Bell School in Washington, Louisiana, founded in the 1830s, and shut down in 1860 by White vigilantes.

[1] The Holy Ghost High School was established in 1874 under the name "St. Joseph’s Academy for Colored" by brothers Fr.

[1] It was the first Catholic parochial school for Black students in the parish.

[6] In July 1970, eighteen families filed a lawsuit in federal court applying for an injunction against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana and the two parochial school boards in the city of Opelousas.

[7] They wanted to end racial segregation in the local Catholic schools for Black and White pupils.