Bailey Hammond Wayne Academy 1999-2003 Waynesboro, Mississippi I attended Wayne Academy in Waynesboro, Mississippi, from grade 4 through halfway through grade 8. I had no idea at the […]
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Don’t Torpedo It, He Told My Daddy
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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Welcome Students. Don’t Mention Obama
Vania Blaiklock–Portsmouth Christian School–2000-2010–Portsmouth, Virginia I attended a predominantly white private religious school from first grade until my undergraduate graduation. For a period of 15 years, […]
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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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Still Holding Confederate Flag Cups and More
Reginald Shuford-Class of 1984-Cape Fear Academy-Wilmington, North Carolina I spent part of Memorial Day Weekend 2017 in my hometown, Wilmington, North Carolina, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of my […]
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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 […]