Eufaula_High_School_(Eufaula,_Alabama)

Eufaula High School (Alabama)

Eufaula High School (Alabama)

School in Eufaula, Alabama, United States

Eufaula High School is a secondary school, grades 9 through 12, in Eufaula, Alabama, United States.[3] A member of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA), it plays in the 5A division for girls and boys athletics.

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History

Van Buren High School, eventually renamed for doctor Thomas Vivian McCoo, served Eufaula's African American students.[4][5] Schools in Eufaula remained segregated by race until around 1970.[6] After integration began the school stopped sponsoring social events such as proms[6] although unofficial segregated events were still held. By 1990, students at Eufaula High had begun pressuring school officials to allow integrated proms. The first one was held on Saturday, May 18, 1991, without incident.[6]

More than half the student body is African American and more than a third white.[7]

Alumni

References

  1. [1]
    Official website
  2. [2]
    "Eufaula High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  3. [3]
    Official website
  4. [4]
    "Basketball success helped unite Eufaula". January 10, 2017.
  5. [5]
    Williams, Arline W. (1955). "A Study of the History of van Buren High School, Eufaula, Alabama, from 1934-1954, as to Faculty, Enrollment and School Plant".
  6. [6]
    "No Incidents at School's First Integrated Prom". The Tuscaloosa News. May 22, 1991.
  7. [7]
    "Eufaula High School in Eufaula, AL". US News Best High Schools. February 20, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

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