John Mark Pitner standing far left in photo. John Mark Pitner: Winona Academy 1970, Winona High School Class of 1982, Winona, Mississippi I acknowledge there’s evidence the Winona […]
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We’ve Come a Long Way. Haven’t We?
Joel L. Alvis, Jr.—- Class of 1973 —- Jackson Preparatory School —- Flowood, Mississippi The flight back to Jackson that night in June 2023 was full. I was […]
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It’s Not What I Was Taught. It Was What I Was Not Taught
Caleb Bedford–Class of 2012–East Rankin Academy–Pelachatchie, Mississippi In 2022, I learned something I should have figured out more than a decade earlier. I was listening to a podcast […]
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We Should All Just Own Up To It
Dusty Rhodes-Nathanael Green Academy-Class of 1978-Siloam,Georgia During the summer of 1971, my family moved from the bustling city of Charlotte, North Carolina to the quiet woods and pastures […]
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We Weren’t Represented As Our White Peers Were
Brittany Wilson-Jackson Preparatory School-Class of 2020-Jackson, MS Jackson Prep’s history as a 1970 breakaway all-white private school at the time of public school integration wasn’t any secret to […]
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The Point? There Was None
Catherine Bigger, Ph.D. –Magnolia Academy–Class of 1983 -Jackson, Mississippi The culminating moment from my twelve years of schooling at white Citizens’ Council School Number 6 (later Magnolia Academy) […]
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Are You a Seg Academy Alum, Too? Let’s Talk
By Ellen Ann Fentress . Pillow Academy, Class of 1974 A lot of us watched the national interest in a Jackson Free Press story last fall on how […]
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The Academy
By Steve Yarbrough . Indianola Academy, Class of 1975 Steve Yarbrough Indianola Academy, 1975 In the spring of 1966, when I was in third grade at Lockard Elementary, […]
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Go Us!
Jackie Jones Clowney, Briarcrest Christian School, Class of 1985 Memphis, Tennessee Until reading The Academy Stories and having discussions with friends who attended private schools beginning in the […]
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As Sesame Street Started So Did Our Seg Academy
Debbie Hewitt Smith, Leland Academy, Class of 1974 Leland, Mississippi “How many of you are planning to go to the new academy?” It was 1969. I was in […]