By Marsh Nichols Jackson Preparatory School (Jackson, Mississippi), Class of 1974 It’s the three white girls in blackface I remember. I went to Jackson Preparatory School, in Mississippi’s […]
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As If My Class Had Been Lifted, Mostly Whole, From The Public System
By Nancy Crowell. Jackson Preparatory School, Class of 1973 Late in the summer of 1970, my parents broke the news to me that I was going to a […]
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A “Better” Education
By Harriet Riley. Lamar High School, Class of 1977 The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding and a flat roof, my high school had […]
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We All Knew What It Was
By Stuart Levin Beeson Academy Hattiesburg, Mississippi 1976-1977 I spent only one year at a seg academy in Mississippi, but don’t think any other year of my K-12 […]
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“She Told Us We Were Pioneers”
By Bridget Smith Pieschel Winston Academy (Louisville, Mississippi), Class of 1975 Bridget Smith Pieschel Winston Academy (Louisville, Mississippi), Class of 1975 I assume that most white girls born […]
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Waking Up at a Seg Academy
By Alan Huffman Council Manhattan (Jackson, Mississippi) Tenth grade in 1970-1971 She stood out in the crowded anteroom of Peoples Funeral Home, like an apparition from my middle […]
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An Academy for White Children; Public Schools Shutdown
By Kristen Green . Prince Edward Academy (Farmville, Va.), Class of 1991 Story by By Kristen Green Prince Edward Academy (Farmville, Va.), Class of 1991 Attending a Virginia […]
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Seg Academy: My Memories
By Lynn Watkins Council School Manhattan (Jackson, Mississippi), Class of 1973 Lynn Watkins Council Manhattan (Citizens Council School Number 7), 1973 In order to remember, it was necessary […]
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The Importance of Academy Stories
By Dave Tell Project Scholar Segregation academies pulled an estimated 750,000 white school children from public schools. This massive exodus inflicted harm in every corner. As education was […]