Van Buren High School, eventually renamed for doctor Thomas Vivian McCoo, served Eufaula's African American students.

[5][6] Schools in Eufaula remained segregated by race until around 1970.

[7] After integration began the school stopped sponsoring social events such as proms[7] although unofficial segregated events were still held.

By 1990, students at Eufaula High had begun pressuring school officials to allow integrated proms.

[7] More than half the student body is African American and more than a third white.