Merrill High School was a public
secondary school in
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, operated by the
Pine Bluff School District. It was one of four high schools that served black students in the Pine Bluff area until the public schools were integrated in 1971.
History
Originally known as Merrill School, it was named for
Joseph Merrill, a philanthropist from New Hampshire. In 1886 Merrill sold a two-story house and some adjoining land to the Pine Bluff School District, and donated money to African-Americans to remodel the house into a five room school.
Newspaper editor and publisher
Jesse Duke was one of the people recruited to teach at Merrill School by Marion Rowlamd Perry Sr.[1]