Some white residents of the city , not wanting their children to attend an integrated high school , urged the school board to build a new public high school specifically for African-American students . However , some African Americans in the community adamantly opposed the establishment of an all-black high school and preferred an integrated public school system . Despite the differing viewpoints , the IPS board decided that all of the city 's African American high school students would attend the new school . Crispus Attucks High School was built northwest of downtown Indianapolis , in the area that was known as the Bottoms , near the city 's Central Canal and Indiana Avenue , which was the African American community 's business and cultural hub . The Bottoms was also the largest and best-known area of the city 's African American community . The IPS board initially chose Thomas Jefferson High School as the name for the new school , but some members of the community objected to the choice and circulated petitions to have the name changed to Crispus Attucks High School . The school board reversed its decision and named the school in honor of Crispus Attucks , an American patriot . His ethnicity is now uncertain , but at the time the new school was named it was believed he was a black man who was killed in the attack on British soldiers in Boston , Massachusetts , in March 1770 during what became known as the Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks High School