[7] The first classes in the newly built building were held in the fall of 1916, and the enrollment was 400 students which had surpassed expectation.
[3] There was an incident in 1958, after a black male and a white female were seen together in public (and possibly in a romantic relationship which was considered "illicit" and illegal at the time); a 4 foot-tall burning cross was left on the outside of the school set by two white male students.
[12] A crowd of 75 to 100 African American students gathered to witness the burning cross incident, with local police attributing it to a "prank".
[17][18] Only two faculty members from Langston were brought over to the local Hot Springs High School after desegregation; the African American students were discriminated against and efforts made to exclude them.
[19] The Langston Aerospace and Environmental Magnet School is located at 120 Chestnut Street in Hot Springs, it serves pre-K to 6th grade and has a diverse student body.
[21] Musician Henry Glover of King Records had graduated from Langston in 1939; and in 2021, a Hot Springs Park was dedicated to him[22] Its football team played against Dunbar High School from Little Rock, Arkansas and future-NFL hall of famer Bobby Mitchell was a star on the team.