Okolona High School-Fannie Carter School

Okolona High School-Fannie Carter School

Dr. Howard Gunn Street-Mrs. Fannie Carter’s first training was by her white owners, the Fields family of Okolona. She attended Rust College and was given financial help by her former owners. She was married to Monroe Carter. She returned to Okolona and opened a school for Black children in a Methodist Church (Mt. Pisgah CME Church) with her sister. Mt. Pisgah was the first Black church in Okolona to open its doors to be used as the first school for black children to attend. The people of the community selected a name for their new school, Fannie Carter. Elementary and High School (1958-1970). Fannie Carter Elementary and High school has 22 classrooms, library, home economic department, science laboratory, trade shop, cafeteria, teachers’ lounge, office, storage room, combination gym/auditorium. In 1969 schools across the state were integrated and Fannie Carter High school became Okolona High School.