Year Minimum Foundation building program completed 1956. Cherokee County Training received a new school building in the county's building program, which consolidated all African American schools in Cherokee and merged the Cherokee County and Canton city school systems.

Year of total integration The high school at Ralph Bunche fully integrated with Cherokee High in 1967, with elementary grades following later.

Known high schools Cherokee County Training (Canton) Ralph Bunche (Canton) Ralph Bunche was a new name for Cherokee County Training.

Known schools 1951-52: Canton Colored, Cherokee County Training 1952-53: Canton Colored (3 teachers; Canton city), Cherokee County Training (8; Cherokee County) (full list) 1953-54: Canton Colored (3 teachers), Cherokee County Training (7) (full list) 1954-55: Canton Junior High, Cherokee County Training (located in North Canton) 1955-56: Canton Junior High (3 teachers), Cherokee County Training 1956-57: Cherokee County Training (full list) The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57. 1956-57: Cherokee County Training (grades 1-12) 1957-58: Cherokee County Training (grades 1-12) 1958-59: Cherokee County Training (grades 1-12) 1959-60: Cherokee County Training (grades 1-12) 1960-61: Cherokee County Training (grades 1-12) 1961-62: Ralph J. Bunche (grades 1-12) 1962-63: Ralph J. Bunche (grades 1-12) 1963-64: Ralph J. Bunche (grades 1-12) 1964-65: Ralph J. Bunche (grades 1-12) 1965-66: Ralph J. Bunche (grades 1-12) 1966-67: Ralph J. Bunche (grades 1-12) 1967-68: Ralph J. Bunche (grades 1-8) 1968-69: Ralph J. Bunche (grades 1-8) 1969-70: Total integration

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