L.C. Anderson High School, 1953 Drawing by Kuehne, Brooks, and Barr, architects

L.C. Anderson High School was Austin's only public African American high school. Austin Public Schools opened a new campus and building for Anderson High School in 1953. Constructed in response to a growing African American population and a national and local "threat" to segregated schools, Anderson High School is an example of an equalization school in Austin, Texas. L.C. Anderson High School closed in 1971 as part of the Austin Independent School District's desegregation plan. The 1953 school is the only remaining historic building associated with the city's only black high school.

This webpage serves to document the history of the 1953 L.C. Anderson High School, and collect in one place the digital resources on the history of the school.

For more information about L.C. Anderson High School:

Dobrasko, Rebekah. "Austin's L.C. Anderson High School as an Equalization School: 1953-1971." Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture, Prairie View A&M University, January 20210

Dobrasko, Rebekah. "L.C. Anderson High School Stadium: Segregated Landscape in the Capital City." Texas Cultural Landscapes Symposium​, February 2020 (pdf) (video of presentation)

Dobrasko, Rebekah. "Separate but Equal in Austin: L.C. Anderson High School." Preservation Austin newsletter, Summer 2017 (pdf)

Dobrasko, Rebekah. "Losing a Community Catalyst: The Closure of L.C. Anderson High School." Preservation Austin newsletter, Fall 2017 (pdf)

Marshall, Sarah J. "Wake of Integration: Loss of a School and Demise of a Community." Texas Heritage, vol 3, 2015.

Bibliography of Sources on L.C. Anderson High School (pdf)

Images of L.C. Anderson High School (Flickr)

Current view of L.C. Anderson High School, photograph by Rebekah Dobrasko