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AUSTIN, Texas — Homecoming season is upon us, but the time-honored tradition can be expensive. Anderson High School in Austin says with its homecoming and prom closet, it wants to make sure ...
In 1971, segregated L.C. Anderson High School, a source of East Austin identity and pride that had perched on a hill above Boggy Creek since 1953, closed during the rocky shift to school integration.
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Also in 1884, the first meeting of Colored Teachers Association took place in Austin. 1889: Robertson Hill School, the city's first Black high school and forerunner of L.C. Anderson, was opened ...
There's a mantra often heard within Austin ISD circles: "Johnston won't become another Anderson." Founded in 1938, for decades the original L.C. Anderson High School on Thompson Street in East ...
At the same time, alumni of L.C. Anderson High School have expressed concern that the district will fail to honor that school's long legacy as a point of pride in Austin's black community.