{"id":755,"date":"2026-05-22T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=755"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:14:11","slug":"how-wake-will-honor-ligons-legacy-as-a-former-segregated-black-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=755","title":{"rendered":"How Wake will honor Ligon\u2019s legacy as a former segregated Black high school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ligon Middle School\u2019s legacy as a former segregated Black high school will be preserved through a new design that will promote the history of the school.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=753\">Chapel Hill man spends extra $1 playing Powerball and wins huge prize. \u2018A fluke\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Wake County school board approved a design Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/simbli.eboardsolutions.com\/Meetings\/Attachment.aspx?S=920&amp;AID=471440&amp;MID=18368\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">that will feature a ceremonial lobby<\/a> with artifacts from the former high school. The design will be part of a $121 million project that will see the historic building demolished and rebuilt as a new state-of-the-art facility.<\/p>\n<p>School board chair Tyler Swanson said he had reviewed the minutes of the old Raleigh City school board when Ligon opened in the 1950s. Swanson said the new school will help address wrongs such as how Ligon had originally failed inspection due to getting inadequate resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an opportunity to rewrite the wrongs with the history and give Ligon a second chance,\u201d Swanson said.<\/p>\n<p>Money to pay for the Ligon project would come from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/education\/article315324969.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">$680 million school construction bond referendum<\/a> that the school board wants on the Nov. 3 ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Ligon High School opened in 1953 off Lenoir Street as Raleigh\u2019s Black high school during Jim Crow segregation. The school is named after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/article255881189.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">John W. Ligon<\/a>, a respected educator, minister and important leader in Raleigh\u2019s Black history.<\/p>\n<p>In 1971, Ligon was converted to a junior high school as part of an effort to integrate the Raleigh City Schools. It\u2019s now a Wake County magnet school serving middle school students from across the district.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=751\">3 Triangle hotels hailed among the world\u2019s most luxurious resorts. Here\u2019s why<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In March, the school board approved a plan backed by Ligon\u2019s families and staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/education\/article314892401.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">to build a new school on the site<\/a> of the current ball fields. Alumni from when Ligon was a Black high school want to either renovate the historic building or rebuild on the site of the 73-year-old structure to keep it on the hill at the top of the property.<\/p>\n<p>In a concession to alumni, the school district formed a Ligon Legacy Committee to include in the design plans some sort of tribute to the former high school.<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Robert Taylor called the site \u201csacred ground\u201d and said they were going to do more than just put a placard at the new school.<\/p>\n<p>The Legacy Committee recommended a design that aligns the campus along Haywood Street. Features include:<\/p>\n<p>School board member Toshiba Rice called the design a \u201credemptive process\u201d after the controversy over the rebuild plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was active listening going on with staff,\u201d said Rice, whose district includes Ligon. \u201cThey brought back what the committee was asking for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=749\">Hurricanes\u2019 penchant for home conference final losses stings against Canadiens<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published <span class=\"inline-block\">May 20, 2026 at 5:55 AM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Ligon design in Raleigh includes a two-story ceremonial lobby, history spine and Legacy Committee input to preserve the school&#39;s significance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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