Digital Archive – Admissions

Welcome to the Admissions Project Digital Archive. This archive is a collection of yearbook photos and copies of newspaper articles regarding the integration of schools in the southern United States. If you are interested and want to donate your yearbooks or other memorabilia related to your high school experience to our archives, please fill out the donation information form below or reach out to us at info@admissionsprojects.com

Yearbooks

Title: Kirk Academy Homecoming Parade

Identifier: ASDA.002

Alternative Identifier: KADA.002

Date:1973

Creator: Kirk Academy

Subject: Kirk Academy, Yearbook, Homecoming Parade, Mississippi

Description: Kirk Academy Homecoming Parade 1972 middle and elementary school children marching in confederate uniforms and holding confederate flags.

Title: Kirk Academy Band Uniform

Identifier: ASDA.003

Alternative Identifier: KADA.003

Date: 1973

Creator: Kirk Academy

Subject: Kirk Academy, Yearbook, Homecoming Parade, Mississippi

Description: Kirk Academy photograph of a student holding his band uniform before the 1972 homecoming parade. It is cut in a civil war uniform style while sporting a confederate flag on the front of the uniform.

Title: Kirk Academy Junior High Homecoming Court

Identifier: ASDA.004

Alternative Identifier: KADA.004

Date: 1973

Creator: Kirk Academy

Subject: Kirk Academy, Yearbook, Homecoming Court, Mississippi

Description: Photograph of The Kirk Academy’s Junior High Homecoming Court of 1972. The girls are posed outside while sitting and standing around a confederate flag.

Title: Jackson Preparatory School Raises Former Mississippi State Flag

Identifier: ASDA.006

Alternative Identifier: JPDA.001

Date: 1971

Creator: Jackson Preparatory

Subject: Jackson Preparatory, Yearbook, Former Mississippi State Flag, Mississippi

Description: Man raises former Mississippi State flag on the flagpole at the newly opened Jackson Preparatory School. Page 5 of the 1971 yearbook.

Title: Jackson Preparatory School First Diploma 1971

Identifier: ASDA.007

Alternative Identifier: JPDA.002

Date: 1971

Creator: Jackson Preparatory

Subject: Jackson Preparatory, Yearbook, Diploma, Mississippi

Description: In May 1971, the first Jackson Preparatory diploma was awarded, as pictured on page 88 of the 1971 yearbook.

Title: Jackson Preparatory Class of 1971 Unite

Identifier: ASDA.008

Alternative Identifier: JPDA.003

Date: 1971

Creator: Jackson Preparatory

Subject: Jackson Preparatory, Yearbook, Creation, Mississippi

Description: On page 138 of the 1971 yearbook, Jackson Preparatory yearbook editors discuss how they had to “unite” classmates from eight high schools for their senior year because of the unspoken basis of school integration.

Title: Jackson Preparatory Fundraising

Identifier: ASDA.009

Alternative Identifier: JPDA.004

Date: 1971

Creator: Jackson Preparatory

Subject: Jackson Preparatory, Yearbook, Creation, Mississippi

Description: Blurb from the yearbook discusses how everyone pitched in to help fund the quick building and creation of Jackson Preparatory School so that it would be ready for the 1970-1971 school year.

Title: Cheerleaders Yell Rebels to Victory

Identifier: ASDA.020

Alternative Identifier: JFPDA.001

Date: 2018

Creator: Jackson Free Press

Subject: Jackson Free Press, Magazine, Integration

Description: Photograph from Jackson Free Press December 21, 2018 Featuring Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith as a cheerleader posing with a confederate flag.

Newspaper Articles

Title: New York Times Front Page October 30, 1969

Identifier: ASDA.010

Alternative Identifier: NYTDA.001

Date: 1969

Creator: The New York Times

Subject: New York Times, Newspaper, Integration

Description: Digital scan of The New York Times front page from October 30, 1969, informing the readers that the Supreme Court ordered integration of schools for The United States.

Title: New York Times Mississippi Legislature Vote for School Grants

Identifier: ASDA.011

Alternative Identifier: NYTDA.002

Date: 1964

Creator: New York Times

Subject: New York Times, Newspaper, Integration

Description: Digital scan of The New York Times article from July 16, 1964, discussing a vote from the Mississippi Legislature discussing giving money grants to white students that didn’t have access to a private school in their area.

Title: Chicago Tribune Seek to Avoid School Order in Mississippi

Identifier: ASDA.012

Alternative Identifier: CTDA.001

Date: 1969

Creator: Chicago Tribune

Subject: Chicago Tribune, Newspaper, Alexander V. Holmes

Description: Digital scan of Chicago Tribune Article from November 4, 1969, after the Alexander V. Holmes decision. The article discusses how white families plan to build private schools, pull children out of school overnight, and enroll them in these private schools.

Title: New York Times Citizens Council School Drive

Identifier: ASDA.013

Alternative Identifier: NYTDA.003

Date: 1969

Creator: New York Times

Subject: New York Times, Newspaper, Integration

Description: Digital scan of The New York Times article from June 12, 1969, discusses the formation of The Citizens Council and how it organizes families into private schools to help people who don’t believe in integrating public schools.

Title: New York Times New Delay Asked in Desegregation

Identifier: ASDA.014

Alternative Identifier: NYTDA.004

Date: 1970

Creator: New York Times

Subject: New York Times, Newspaper, Integration

Description: Digital scan of The New York Times article from January 1, 1970, discusses that some areas in 6 southern states want to wait until the fall semester to start with the desegregation of schools, allowing white families more time to plan.