The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation

The story of one Mississippi county shows how private schools are exacerbating segregation

Reporting HighlightsWidespread Divisions: A new ProPublica analysis shows how much private schools segregate students by race. Across the South, many of these schools are segregation academies.Huge Chasms in Mississippi: In Amite County, Mississippi, the divide is especially stark. Just 16% of public school students are white, but 96% of students at local segregation academies are white.White Leaders at Black Schools: Although 82% of Amite pu…

The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation

A new ProPublica analysis shows the extent to which private schools segregate students. Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with white students.

Segregation Academies - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Always worth remembering the long arm of segregation academies, the private schools that opened when the South was forced to segregate. Amite School Center, like many private schools across the Deep South, opened during desegregation to serve families fleeing the arrival of Black children at the once all-white public schools. ProPublica has been examining how these schools, called “segregation academies,” often continue to act as divisive forc…