Lee Academy (Mississippi)

Lee Academy is a grade 7–12 private school in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

The school opened in 1970. Its initial enrollment was 654 students.[1]

Many members of the American football team at Coahoma County High School transferred to Lee Academy as integration via court order was about to occur.[2]

As of 2010 92% of the students were white. This differed from Clarksdale High School, where 92% were black.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History." Lee Academy. Retrieved on July 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ Hamlin, Françoise N. Crossroads at Clarksdale: The Black Freedom Struggle in the Mississippi Delta After World War II (John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture). University of North Carolina Press, 2012. ISBN 0807835498, 9780807835494. p. 196.
  3. ↑ Dellinger, Matt. Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway. Simon and Schuster, August 24, 2010. ISBN 143917573X, 9781439175736. p. 147.

Coordinates: 34°13′12″N 90°35′06″W / 34.2199°N 90.5849°W / 34.2199; -90.5849


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