Central High School (Hayneville, Alabama)

	Central High School (Hayneville, Alabama) Central High School is a public high school in Lowndes County, Alabama, at 145 Main Street in Hayneville, Alabama. The school has about 260 students, the vast majority African American. Students are mostly from low income families. The school, which scored in the bottom 6% of Alabama schools in reading and math, was listed as a failing school in 2019 under the Alabama Accountability Act. Lions are the school mascot and green and yellow the school colors. History Central High School started out as a segregated school for Black students. Founded in 1913 as the Lowndes County Training School, the school was renamed as Central High School at the instigation of Catherine Coleman Flowers during the Civil Rights movement, dropping the name of Lowndes, a confederate slave owner. Alumni Notable alumni of the school include the Negro league and Major League Baseball player Billy Parker, civil rights activist Catherine Coleman Flowers Catherine Coleman Flowers (born 1958) is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Lowndes County, Alabama Lowndes County is in the central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 10,311. Its county seat is Hayneville. The county is named in honor of William Lowndes, a member of the United States Congress from South Carolina. Lowndes County is part of the Montgomery, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. Historically it has been considered part of the Black Belt, known for its fertile soil, cotton plantations, and high number of African American workers, enslaved and later freed. History Lowndes County was formed from Montgomery, Dallas and Butler counties, by an act of the Alabama General Assembly on January 20, 1830. The county is named for South Carolina statesman William Lowndes."Lowndes County" Alabama Department of History and Archives It is part of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hayneville, Alabama Hayneville is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States and its county seat. At the 2010 census the population was 932, down from its record high of 1,177 in 2000. It is also part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area. It initially incorporated in 1831, but lapsed, finally reincorporating in 1967. Before 1970, the town appeared only twice on the U.S. Census: in 1850 and 1890. The 1850 estimate of 800 residents ranked it as the largest town in the county at the time. Located in the fertile Black Belt region, Hayneville was the county seat in a plantation economy after Native Americans were removed that used slave labor for cotton production. The town was later a railway terminus and home to the Hayneville Railway Company, which was organized in 1903. Two years later, the company was reorganized as the Hayneville & Montgomery Railroad Company and provided connections for shipping with the L&N Railroad Company's tracks. History Settlement (1820-1831) Hayneville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Catherine Coleman Flowers Catherine Coleman Flowers (born 1958) is an American environmental health researcher, writer and the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice. She was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 2020. Her first book, ''Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret'', explores the environmental justice movement in rural America. She is known for bringing attention to failing sewage treatment infrastructure in rural U.S communities, particularly in Lowndes County, Alabama. Early life Flowers was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1958 as the oldest of five children to father J.C Coleman, a salesman and military veteran, and Mattie (née DeBardelaben) Coleman, a teacher’s aide. Flowers and her family would relocate to Lowndes County in 1968. Flowers was inspired to pursue environmental activism by her parents, who were influential community activists during the American Civil Rights Movement. Her upbringing was contextualized by a deep understanding of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]