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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