Woodland Hills Academy (Mississippi)
Woodland Hills Academy was a private high school in Jackson, Mississippi, established in 1969 when the Jackson School Board was ordered to desegregate following the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling. Woodland Hills was one of many private schools formed in Mississippi. In 1963, there were 17 private schools in the state; by 1970 there were 236.
When the school opened in 1970, the Mississippi state Textbook Department illegally supplied books to the academy.
Jackson, Mississippi was the home of the single largest sponsor of private segregated schools (segregation academies) in the United States, the Citizens' Council
The campus site known variously as 401 Sheppard Road and 5055 Manhattan Road was the site of Council Manhattan High School (1966-1983). Woodland Hills Baptist Academy took over the site. Across the street was 5055 Manhattan Road, apparently the site of Council Manhattan High School (1966-1983). Both facilities were abandoned by 2008.
Notable alumni
- Alice Haining, actress
See also
References
- ^ Wolfe, Anna (December 17, 2014). "Then and Now: When 'School Choice' Creates a Divide". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ Luckett, Robert (February 15, 2017). "From Council Schools to Today's Fight for Public Ed". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ Rosenthal, Jack (1970-09-11). "BOOKS OUT AND IN AT JACKSON, MISS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
- ^ Dreher, Arielle (November 15, 2017). "How Integration Failed in Jackson's Public Schools from 1969 to 2017". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Haining". The Clarion-Ledger. Mississippi, Jackson. October 26, 1994. p. 2 D. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.