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Bayou Academy was founded in 1964 as a segregation academy. [4] In 1966, the all-white school board sold Skene Attendance Center to a white group called Skene Civic Improvement Society, Inc. for $1.00. The property was then leased to Bolivar Academy, achieving a transfer of public property to the segregationist group. [5]
Location of Jackson County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, located in the River Oaks community in Houston, Texas, United States, is a 14-acre (57,000 m 2) facility of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) that houses a collection of decorative art, paintings and furniture. [2] Bayou Bend is the former home of Houston philanthropist Ima Hogg.
Mound Bayou is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,533 at the 2010 census, [3] down from 2,102 in 2000. It was founded as an independent black community in 1887 by former slaves led by Isaiah Montgomery. [4] [5] Mound Bayou Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [6]
Jim Hill was the only high school in the state of Mississippi with the International Baccalaureate Diploma program. This school offers these classes in Geometry MYP, Biology MYP and IB, Humanities MYP and IB, Language MYP and IB, Physical Education MYP, Algebra II MYP, Math Studies IB, Theory of Knowledge IB, Psychology IB, Technology IB, Art MYP and IB, French MYP and IB, and Spanish MYP and IB.
In October 2002, Jackson Public Schools received a federal grant totaling almost 1 million dollars to increase the number of middle and high school students who complete college-level courses in high school. APAC students use textbooks, skills, and materials above their grade level.
Jackson Academy is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi founded by Loyal M. Bearrs in 1959. [2] Bearrs claimed he established the school to teach using an accelerated phonics program he developed, [3] [4] but the school remained completely racially segregated until 1986, even forgoing tax exemption in 1970 to avoid having to accept Black students.
McComb was also home to St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, which provided classes from kindergarten through seventh grade until the school closed in 2014. For higher education, Southwest Mississippi Community College is located just 7 miles (11 km) north of McComb, near Summit. Pike County is in the district of Southwest Mississippi Community College.