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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A “Completely White World”
Ellen Ann Fentress–The Admissions Project editor It’s a truism that we learn what we know by sitting down and writing about it. That’s been the case for the […]
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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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Storytelling and Social Justice
Dave Tell – Admissions – The Academy Stories Project Scholar Storytelling is at the very heart of what it means to be human. Indeed, it is a cultural […]
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White Churches Involved at Every Step
Ellen Ann Fentress, The Academy Stories Editor “It’s the Christian thing to do,” she declared. As a high school freshman, I was overhearing adults discuss the coming white […]
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Do Academy Stories Matter Now?
Ellen Ann Fentress The Academy Stories editor Does The Academy Stories matter now? Fair question, since coronavirus has infected all of us, whether or not it’s specifically invaded […]
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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 […]