riots at hillsborough high

March 31, 2006 | TBHC | Leave your thoughts!

35 years ago…

March 31, 1971 – Riots break out at Hillsborough High School for the second time in a week, causing school officials to close the school to all but 12th graders. Tensions were high over the results of student council elections, which did not produce any black winners at the recently integrated school.

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

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