Gaines High School

It was one of Ohio's first public high schools for African Americans.

Peter H. Clark and then William H. Parham served as its principals.

[2] Clark became a Socialist and joined the Democratic Party, costing him support in the African American community and his job.

[5][6] He helped get a law passed in Ohio for the establishment of schools for African Americans.

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