Cruger-Tchula Academy
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Cruger-Tchula Academy (CTA) was an independent, co-educational college preparatory school located off US Highway 49 in Cruger, Holmes County, Mississippi. The school was founded in 1965 as the first[1] segregation academy[2][3] in Mississippi, and closed in 2001.
History
Cruger-Tchula Academy was established in 1965 and was a member of the Mississippi Private School Association. The school closed in 2001.
References
- ^ Fuquay, Michael W. (2002). "Civil Rights and the Private School Movement in Mississippi, 1964-1971". History of Education Quarterly. 42 (2): 159–180 [169].
- ^ Coffey v. State Educational Finance Commission 296 F. Supp. 1389 (S.D. Miss. 1969)
- ^ Sojourner, Sue [Lorenzi] (2013-01-03). Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813140943.
Categories:
- Mississippi articles missing geocoordinate data
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- Articles missing coordinates without coordinates on Wikidata
- Educational institutions established in 1965
- Private elementary schools in Mississippi
- Private high schools in Mississippi
- Private middle schools in Mississippi
- Schools in Holmes County, Mississippi
- Segregation academies in Mississippi
- 1965 establishments in Mississippi