Autauga Academy

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Autauga Academy
Location
Autauga Academy
497 Golson Road

Prattville, Alabama
36067

United States
Coordinates 32°28′18″N86°32′44″W / 32.4716102°N 86.5454269°W / 32.4716102; -86.5454269
Information
TypePrivate
Founded1969(56 years ago) (1969)
CEEB code 012218
NCES School ID00002722
Faculty21.3 [1]
GradesPK-12
Enrollment306 (2016 [1] )
Color(s)
   
   
Grey & Gold
MascotGeneral
Nickname Generals
Website www.autaugaacademy.com

Autauga Academy is a private coed PK-12 school in Prattville, Alabama, the seat of Autauga County.

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History

Autauga Private Academy was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy. [2] It is distinct from a seminary of the same name founded in 1888. [3]

Autauga attracted the attention of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, prompting an inspection tour in 1982, along with eight other schools in Alabama [4]

In 2011 a black student, future National Football League tight end O. J. Howard — then a student at the school — was told by the headmaster of the school he could not bring a girl to the prom because she was white. [2]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Joseph, Goodman (May 30, 2016). "How the discrimination of Alabama football star O. J. Howard changed a school". AL.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ Fallin, Wilson (August 17, 2007). Uplifting the People: Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. ISBN   9780817315696 . Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Wanda B. (December 1983). Fifteen Years Ago: Rural Alabama Revisited (PDF). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Arrest Charges
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