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For much of its early life, the school was located at Sykes Road and Wheatley Drive in south Jackson, and operated as a K-9 school. In 1985 the school merged with the McCluer Academy, another segregation academy. [4] The combined school used the former McCluer Academy campus on Siwell Road for the high school and middle school.
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.
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In Meridian, Lamar Academy is less than five percent black in a city that is 62% African American. [15] The Meridian public schools remained troubled. In 2012, the city was named in U.S. v. City of Meridian a case that outlined failings in the public school system. [16] Further north in the Red Clay region, Calhoun Academy is 100% white. [17]
Aug. 4—The Lamar Raiders swept postseason opponents en route to a Midsouth Association of Independent Schools Division II State Championship when Lamar's volleyball team was last in action in 2022.
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There, they opened Refuge of Grace Academy and the Martins later changed the school’s name to Wings of Faith Academy. In a 2004 interview with the Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Bud Martin said they ...