Livingston High School (Alabama)

Livingston High School was a senior high school in Livingston, Alabama. It was a part of the Sumter County School District.

The first African-American students were admitted in 1966.[1] In 1968 97.8% of the students were white and 84.3% of the teachers were white. Due to white flight, the percentage of white students dropped to .3% by 1970, as only four white students were enrolled, and about 33% of the teachers were white.[2] Many white students had been placed in Sumter Academy.[3]

The football team had a rivalry with Sumter County High School. The impetus to merge came because of a declining population - the county had a total of 838 students divided between the two high schools in 2009 - as well as the condition of Sumter County High and budget issues.[4] It merged with Sumter County High and became Sumter Central High School in 2011.[5]

References
  1. Jackson, Wanda (2018-10-10). "MY TURN: We are reclaiming our history in Sumter County". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 2019-01-15. - The editor's comments below are the source of the statement about black students being admitted in 1966
  2. "Fifteen Years Ago... Rural Alabama Revisited." The United States Commission on Civil Rights. Clearinghouse Publication Number 82. December 1983. p. 77 or p. 85 (PDF document p. 84/163)
  3. Farzan, Antonia Noori (2018-08-15). "Sumter County, Ala., just got its first integrated school. Yes, in 2018". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  4. Reynolds, Brian (2009-02-26). "Sumter County schools may fuse". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  5. Williams, Andrea (2011-08-09). "Students Attend First Day at Sumter Central High". WTOK. Retrieved 2019-01-15.

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