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.[1] 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.[2]
| Woodland Hills Academy | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
 | |
| Coordinates | 32°21′58″N 90°09′40″W / 32.366132°N 90.161138°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Opened | 1970 |
| Principal | Sessums |
| Campus size | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
| Campus type | Small city |
When the school opened in 1970, the Mississippi state Textbook Department illegally supplied books to the academy.[3]
Jackson, Mississippi was the home of the single largest sponsor of private segregated schools (segregation academies) in the United States, the Citizens' Council[2]
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.[4] 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
edit- Alice Haining, actress[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Wolfe, Anna (December 17, 2014). "Then and Now: When 'School Choice' Creates a Divide". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b 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.