Ferriday High School in Louisiana has a long history, including a period of football success and the first Black student to attend the school: 

• Football success

  Ferriday High School won state championships in 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1956, and again in 2019. Between 1953-1956, the team had a combined record of 52-1-2. Ferriday High holds the record of longest unbeaten streak in LHSAA history with 54 games without a loss.

• First Black student

  In 1966, David Whatley became the first Black student to attend the all-white Ferriday High School. Whatley was a member of the Deacons for Defense and Justice junior group, which protected the Black community in Ferriday from the Ku Klux Klan in the 1960s. 

• Sevier High School

  Sevier High School was an African American high school in Ferriday, Louisiana opened in 1954. The school's first principal was Albert Dennis Clark. The school's academic program was ranked among state-recognized schools. The students participated and excelled against schools whose enrollments were double and triple Sevier's enrollment, in every phase of the state-sponsored LIALO Rally. Students at Sevier High School competed in a variety of interscholastic sports and many teams won district championships. In only 4 years of the school's tack and field team's existence, members of the 1965 track and field team won the 100yd. dash and the 440yd. relay in state competition.

• Ferriday High School Ferriday High was officially desegregated in 1970 and Sevier High students enrolled.

• Notable Alumni Notable alumni include former NFL players Bob Barker, Walter Johnson, and Mack Moore (NFL and CFL).

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