Louisiana, being a southern state, did not have many public high schools attended by African Americans. In the Scotlandville community, there have always been public and private elementary schools. In the 1950s, there was only one high school available for people of color: McKinley High School. This lasted until 1960, when Scotlandville Magnet High School was officially founded. At a meeting in New Orleans in 1879, members of the Louisiana state constitutional convention chose to support the proposal of four black delegates. These delegates were PBS Pinchback, TT Allain, TB Stamps and Henry Demas. They wanted to create a higher education institute for the African-American population. In another assembly, Allain presented another bill, which called for the "implementation" of Law 231. This one called for an institute to create a school known as Southern University in April 1880. After the signature of the current governor, Nichols, a board of directors of twelve members was created as well as a faculty of “Arts and Letters”. The professors were highly educated in all fields and awarded diplomas only to those who considered themselves worthy and well deserved; the first students entered in March of the year 1881. In 1910, Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark, president of Baton Rouge College and the Louisiana Colored Teachers' Associations, formed a committee that petitioned Governor J. Y. Sanders that A training school for future teachers will be located in a more rural area of ​​Louisiana. The governor declined the proposal but favored the idea of ​​removing Southern University from the city of New Orleans. The future is yet to come, but it is from the past that we learn. The present is what we...... middle of paper...... then new demands. Students were required to have a minimum 2.5 to enroll and maintain and 3.0 similar to current requirements. They also renovated the new Magnet School. The ratio of black to white students was 80 to 20. Set the black enrollment limit until there were more whites to enroll. In 1983, Scotlandville Magnet decided to significantly increase the number of whites and start a new program. It is not just a school but a community. A community where neighbors all came together. They all believed in fighting together and succeeding together. This community went through the worst struggle ever to become the community it is today. Its rich and illustrious past should never go unnoticed. We should never forget our past. Scotlandville's fight to improve the black community is very important.