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Home to Champions: Anderson Stadium in East Austin
in East Austin sits a field that was home to one of the most decorated teams in the city: the L.C. Anderson High School Yellow Jackets.
Losing a Community Catalyst: The Closure of L.C. Anderson High School
In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that public school segregation was unconstitutional, leading to the eventual closure of L.C. Anderson High School.
Separate But Equal in Austin: L.C. Anderson High School
L.C. Anderson High School was Austin’s only high school for African American students during the era of segregation.