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]

  1. ^ Jackson, Wanda (October 10, 2018). "MY TURN: We are reclaiming our history in Sumter County". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved January 15, 2019. - 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 (August 15, 2018). "Sumter County, Ala., just got its first integrated school. Yes, in 2018". Washington Post. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. ^ Reynolds, Brian (February 26, 2009). "Sumter County schools may fuse". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Williams, Andrea (August 9, 2011). "Students Attend First Day at Sumter Central High". WTOK. Retrieved January 15, 2019.