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Calhoun Academy (Mississippi)

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When the Federal government began forcing Mississippi schools to accept black students, many white parents sought ways to avoid sending their children to school with black children. In 1968, Calhoun Academy was created to give white students the opportunity of a segregated education.
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adopted a policy that public school teachers must enroll their children in public schools as a condition of retaining their employment. When 3 teachers were dismissed under this policy, they sued in federal court, alleging that the schoolboard had violated their
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As of 2012, the student population was 100% white. In the 2015-2016 school year, the school had 155 students, all of whom were white. In the 2018 school year, attendance was 105, 104 of whom were white and 1 of whom was Hispanic.
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ruled that Calhoun Academy was a racially discriminatory institution and the school board's policy was a permissible regulation to eliminate racial discrimination. The ruling was upheld in a 2-1 ruling by the
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Calhoun Academy is a racially discriminatory institution formed in the wake of public school desegregation to provide a haven for segregated education.
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In 1970, Calhoun Academy lost its tax exempt status when it declined to share its admissions policies with the IRS.
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Cook v. Hudson: The State's Interest in Integration versus the First Amendment Rights on the Public Schoolteacher
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initially agreed to review the case, but ultimately declined to hear an appeal.
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All students in grades 6-12 are subject to mandatory drug testing.
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Drinkwater Jr, W. Wayne, and Charles Claiborne Barksdale.
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Education segregation in the Mississippi Red Clay region
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Pittsboro
Mississippi
Coordinates
33°54′52″N 89°19′33″W / 33.914434°N 89.3259218°W / 33.914434; -89.3259218
Private
NCES
A9303329
Nickname
Midsouth Association of Independent Schools
https://www.calhounacademycougars.org
Pittsboro, Mississippi
segregation academy
Education segregation in the Mississippi Red Clay region
William Colbert Keady
Calhoun County board of education
First Amendment
freedom of association
Fourteenth Amendment
due process
equal protection
William Keady
5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Council of Conservative Citizens
Midsouth Association of Independent Schools
Highway 9


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