Editing Rod Paige (section)

==Honors and awards==
The Houston Independent School District renamed its James Bowie Elementary School after Paige, to become Rod Paige Elementary School. The [[Lawrence County School District (Mississippi)|Lawrence County School District]] in his hometown of Monticello, Mississippi renamed its middle school Rod Paige Middle School.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.lawrence.k12.ms.us/Domain/12 | title= Rod Paige Middle School| website= lawrence.k12.ms.us| publisher= Lawrence County School District| place= [[Lawrence County, Mississippi]] | access-date= November 8, 2017}}</ref>

The [[University of Houston]] presented Paige with an honorary doctoral degree in 2000.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.uh.edu/president/office/medallion-honorary/| website= UH.edu| publisher= University of Houston| title= Honorary Degree and President's Medallion Recipients | access-date= November 8, 2017}}</ref> Indiana University Bloomington awarded Paige an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree in 2017.<ref name= Goodheart>{{cite press release| title= Paige to receive honorary degree from Indiana University for distinguished career| publisher= Jackson State University| date= May 4, 2017| first= Olivia S.| last= Goodheart| url= http://www.jsumsnews.com/?p=30624| access-date= November 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://honorsandawards.iu.edu/university/honorary-degrees.shtml| title= Honorary Degrees| website= IU.edu| publisher= Indiana University| access-date= November 8, 2017}}</ref>