Carroll Academy

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Carroll Academy (CA) is a private K-12 school in Carrollton, Mississippi. The Atlantic identified it as a segregation academy, a school created to thwart racial integration. In 2010 it had no African-American students. [1]

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The school was established in the ex-Jennie McBride School on August 28, 1969. [2]

In 2011 the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) stated that the Council of Conservative Citizens funds the school. [3]

As of 2018 the school had 309 students, of which 305 were white and 4 were of two or more races. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Carr, Sarah (December 13, 2012). "In Southern Towns, 'Segregation Academies' Are Still Going Strong". The Atlantic . Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Academy nears first year's end". The Conservative . Vol. 106, no. 8. April 30, 1970. p. 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "White Supremacist Group Backs Private Academies in Mississippi". Southern Poverty Law Center. October 28, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Search for Private Schools - School Detail for CARROLL ACADEMY".

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