1928 marked the first year book by McKinley High School. The 1928 Panther preceded the Great Depression of 1929. The second Panther was published in 1946, the year after World War II. The latest addition of the Panther is from 1953. Coincidentally, this year marked the end of the Korean War. Some of the McKinley graduates served during this conflict. The beauty of the 1953 Panther is there was a flowering of campus organizations which were not present in the earlier Panther editions. The Panthers were flourishing and the Panther, 1953 edition is a testament to this progress.
African American High Schools in Louisiana Before 1970 