Lee Academy (Mississippi)
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Lee Academy (Mississippi)
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Lee Academy is a grade 7–12 private school in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The school opened in 1970 as a segregation academy, with an initial enrollment of 654 students. In 1970, when Clarksdale submitted to integration, the public schools closed for an "integration break". When they reopened after a one-day hiatus, nearly all of the white students transferred to Lee or other segregation academies. As of 1986, the school had never had a black student. The headmaster at the time, Gene Barbour, told
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Private school in Mississippi, United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Academy_(Mississippi)
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2024-03-08T03:40:29Z
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