AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOL BUILDING REVIVAL
Carrie Martin High School
Bossier Parish

Carrie Martin High School was originally founded by Mary Eliza Burns of Plain Dealing in the 1930s. The school was established using funding from the Rosenwald Fund and land donated by Sim and Lula Thompson, owners of the first Black-owned business in Plain Dealing. After several years the school moved to its current location when a new brick building and gymnasium were built. The school was eventually renamed Plain Dealing Elementary School and in 1949, the school became known as Plain Dealing Junior High School. The school expanded and new buildings were constructed. Plain Dealing Junior High School became known as Plain Dealing Colored High School by 1952 with its first graduating class. The school was renamed again to Carrie Martin High School after Carrie E. Martin, an African American woman who dedicated her life to educating children in Bossier Parish. Ultimately the school survived integration but became Plain Dealing Elementary and Junior High School in 1971. The school was renamed back to Carrie Martin Elementary School in 2003, to honor the school’s history
Carrie Martin High School
OPENED: 1930s
CLOSED: N/A
OTHER NAMES OF SCHOOL: Plain Dealing Colored
Elementary, Plain Dealing Junior High
School, Plain Dealing Colored
High School, Plain Dealing High School, Carrie Martin Elementary
School
CURRENT USE: Elementary school
600 S. Perrin Street
Plain Dealing, LA 71064