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Anybody here go to private school at a segregation academy when they were a kid?
Posted on 5/15/17 at 7:57 am
Posted on 5/15/17 at 7:57 am
I never really knew much about these places, but these are the private schools that were set up in the late 50s and 60s after Brown vs. Board as a way for school segregation to continue.
Many are still around today. Examples include Jackson Prep (MS), Indianola Academy (MS), and False River Academy (LA).
Do the students that attend these schools understand why the school was founded or is it just something that isn't really discussed in these communities?
Many are still around today. Examples include Jackson Prep (MS), Indianola Academy (MS), and False River Academy (LA).
Do the students that attend these schools understand why the school was founded or is it just something that isn't really discussed in these communities?
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Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:02 am to GetCocky11
My former in-laws attended one set up in Plaquemines Parish after desegregation was enforced. I doubt it's still there, since Buras doesn't really exist anymore, but I'm sure kids who attend those schools now do understand the history (as much as a teenager who has no life experience can understand something like desegregation).
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:03 am to GetCocky11
I did. Some of my grade school career anyway.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:03 am to GetCocky11
Are they not the best, or one of the best, school options in their areas? Who gives a frick why they were set up (according to you)? I'll send my kids to the place where they will get the best education.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:03 am to Evil Little Thing
My entire father's family is from Port Sulphur / Pointe la Hache.
The two High Schools are now combined into South Plaquemines High School (I think that's the name). My brother's girlfriend teaches math there.
The two High Schools are now combined into South Plaquemines High School (I think that's the name). My brother's girlfriend teaches math there.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:04 am to GetCocky11
Yep.
It was awesome.
Don't forget Central Private
It was awesome.
Don't forget Central Private
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:04 am to GetCocky11
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segregation academy
also known as any school which must be paid for out of pocket?
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:05 am to AnonymousTiger
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Who gives a frick why they were set up (according to you)?
I mean, it is a pretty well established fact why they were set up. It isn't my opinion.
And nowhere in my OP did I bash the school or say that the school should be dismantled or say that in 2017 families in the area shouldn't have the right to send their child to the best school in the area. I was just asking about them because I'm from a city where this isn't a thing so I'm just curious about them.
This post was edited on 5/15/17 at 8:07 am
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:06 am to GetCocky11
My dad was in high school during integration
This post was edited on 5/15/17 at 8:07 am
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:08 am to GetCocky11
Again, even if it's true, who cares. My kids go to the best school in the area I can afford.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:09 am to GetCocky11
If you wanna call it that. School segregation still exists in my home town (and many other small towns in Alabama but not to that extent). The public schools are 99.9% black and all of the white kids in the city proper and surrounding small towns go to one of the 4 private schools. One of these schools has been around since the 60s and has had one black student.
While New Orleans is tearing down statues, here is what Selma displays. The statue was stolen a few years ago and they replaced it with a larger one and added the color to the flag
While New Orleans is tearing down statues, here is what Selma displays. The statue was stolen a few years ago and they replaced it with a larger one and added the color to the flag
This post was edited on 5/15/17 at 8:11 am
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:09 am to AnonymousTiger
why are you melting in this thread?
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:12 am to AnonymousTiger
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even if it's true, who cares
B/c I like history, and it is interesting that there are schools that exist today that were born specifically to keep a system of separate schools in place. I find that interesting, and I'm just curious.
I'm unsure why you immediately went hostile in this thread.
ETA: And there is no "if". Again, it is a fact why these schools were started. There is no debate about it.
This post was edited on 5/15/17 at 8:14 am
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:14 am to GetCocky11
The high school I went to might as well have been segregated.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:16 am to GetCocky11
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And there is no "if". Again, it is a fact why these schools were started. There is no debate about it.
Agree. It was never even remotely a secret why these schools were founded.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:19 am to GetCocky11
I did not, but most private schools are practically segregation academies. 
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:19 am to Bullfrog
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Yep.
It was awesome.
Did the private school ever play the public school in any sports?
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:19 am to GetCocky11
I went to one of the 3 you mentioned.
Not really discussed at all. We went there because it was really only 1 of 2 options. Unless you wanted to go to public schools in the area that were very poor educational wise, and not exactly safe.
Now i'm not saying my school was the pinnacle of private school education, but my parents put my brother and I in there because they didn't want us in those public school cesspools.
And yes, we did notice there were no black kids in our school, but as a student, we didn't know why. However, as i understand it, my old school is no longer only white, but they are still the large majority.
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Do the students that attend these schools understand why the school was founded or is it just something that isn't really discussed in these communities?
Not really discussed at all. We went there because it was really only 1 of 2 options. Unless you wanted to go to public schools in the area that were very poor educational wise, and not exactly safe.
Now i'm not saying my school was the pinnacle of private school education, but my parents put my brother and I in there because they didn't want us in those public school cesspools.
And yes, we did notice there were no black kids in our school, but as a student, we didn't know why. However, as i understand it, my old school is no longer only white, but they are still the large majority.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:20 am to GetCocky11
I did, it was called Central Delta Academy in Inverness, MS.
I went to K and 1st there before my Dad got a job in ATL. This would have been like 1990 or 1991.
You used to be able to discipline kids back then. Still remember getting the ruler to the back of the calf for acting up.
I went to K and 1st there before my Dad got a job in ATL. This would have been like 1990 or 1991.
You used to be able to discipline kids back then. Still remember getting the ruler to the back of the calf for acting up.
Posted on 5/15/17 at 8:21 am to GetCocky11
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Did the private school ever play the public school in any sports?
Yes, and we were terrible in football and basketball. We averaged eeking out 1 win/season. As i understand it now, they are winning a handful of games each season now, but still isn't a sports school.
We did excel in weight lifting, did pretty good in track and cross country, and weren't terrible in baseball either.
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