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Montgomery County School District (Georgia)
The Montgomery County School District is a public school district in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States, based in Mount Vernon. It serves the communities of Ailey, Alston, Higgston, Mount Vernon, Tarrytown, Uvalda, and Vidalia. Schools The Montgomery County School District has one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school. Elementary school *Montgomery County Elementary School Middle school *Montgomery County Middle School High school * Montgomery County High School. Their mascot is the Eagles. Sports available include baseball, football, wrestling, and basketball. The school has received national attention in the ''New York Times'' for unofficially sponsoring separate, segregated prom A segregated prom refers to the practice of United States high schools, generally located in the Deep South, of holding racially segregated proms for white and black students. The practice spread after these schools were integrated, and persists ...s for whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Vernon, Georgia
Mount Vernon is a city in, and the county seat of, Montgomery County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,451 at the 2010 census. It is home to Brewton–Parker College. History Mount Vernon was founded in 1797. It became the county seat Montgomery County in 1813, replacing the plantation of Arthur Lott. It was incorporated as a town in 1872 and as a city in 1960. The city is named after Mount Vernon, the estate of George Washington. Geography Mount Vernon is located at (32.181403, -82.593759). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.7 km), all land. Demographics Mount Vernon is part of the Vidalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,990 people, 841 households, and 554 families residing in the city. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 2,082 people, 704 households, and 461 families residing in the city. The population density ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarrytown, Georgia
Tarrytown is a town in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States. The population was 66 at the 2020 census, down from 87 in 2010. It is part of the Vidalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office was established at Tarrytown in 1902. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Tarrytown as a town in 1912. Geography Tarrytown is located in northern Montgomery County at 32°19'9" North, 82°33'34" West (32.319181, -82.559323). The Treutlen County line passes just north of the town limits. Georgia State Routes 15 and 29 pass through the center of town together, leading northwest to Soperton and southeast to Higgston. Mount Vernon, the Montgomery county seat, is to the south via local roads. According to the United States Census Bureau, Tarrytown has a total area of , of which , or 0.92%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 100 people, 40 households, and 26 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racial Integration
Racial integration, or simply integration, includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation). In addition to desegregation, integration includes goals such as leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of Race (classification of human beings), race, and the development of a culture that draws on diverse traditions, rather than merely Cultural assimilation, bringing a racial minority group, minority into the majority culture. Desegregation is largely a legal matter, integration largely a social one. Distinguishing ''integration'' from ''desegregation'' Morris J. MacGregor, Jr. in his paper "Integration of the Armed Forces 1940–1969", writes concerning the words ''integration'' and ''desegregation'': In recent years many historians have come to distinguish between these like-sounding words... The movement toward desegregation, breaking down the nation's Jim Crow laws, Jim Crow system, became increasingly popular in the deca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segregated Prom
A segregated prom refers to the practice of United States high schools, generally located in the Deep South, of holding racially segregated proms for white and black students. The practice spread after these schools were integrated, and persists in a few rural places to the present day. The separate proms have been the subject of frequent (often negative) press coverage, and several films. History Prior to the 1954 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in ''Brown v. Board of Education'', most schools in the southern United States were racially segregated.(Reporting on early integration steps after Brown was decided, article quotes an unnamed white student, "What we'll do about dances, Will they go to our proms.") The process of integration of schools was slow, and many schools did not become integrated until the late 1960s and early 1970s. In order to avoid having to hold an integrated prom, many high schools stopped sponsoring any prom, and private segregated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery County High School (Georgia) , Montgomery County, Virginia
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Montgomery County High School may refer to several high schools in the United States: * Montgomery County High School (Alabama) in Montgomery, Alabama * Montgomery County High School (Georgia) in Mount Vernon, Georgia * Montgomery County High School (Kentucky) in Mount Sterling, Kentucky * Montgomery County High School (Mississippi) in Kilmichael, Mississippi *Montgomery County High School (Missouri) in Montgomery City, Missouri See also * Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland), Montgomery County, Maryland * Montgomery County Public Schools (Virginia) Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is the school district serving Montgomery County, Virginia. Schools Primary (Grades K-2)Christiansburg Primary School Elementary (Grades K-5)Auburn Elementary School [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidalia, Georgia
Vidalia ( ''vye-DAYL-yə'' , ) is a city located primarily in Toombs County, Georgia, United States. The city also extends very slightly into Montgomery County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,473. Vidalia is the principal city of the Vidalia Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Montgomery and Toombs Counties, and had a combined population of 36,346 at the 2010 census. Description and history The town was incorporated on January 1, 1890. It is the largest city in Toombs County, but it is not the county seat. The original name for the town was Jenkins Station after a local landowner, Warren T. Jenkins. Although several origins for the town's modern name have been suggested, it was most likely given by the daughter Samuel Hawkins, the president of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad (later the S.A.M shortline), though which of his four daughters suggested the name, or how she came to it, is not known. Like many towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uvalda, Georgia
Uvalda is a city in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States. The population was 598 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Vidalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The community derives its name from Juan de Ugalde, a Texas pioneer. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Uvalda as a town in 1910. Geography Uvalda is located at (32.037903, -82.508789). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 530 people, 201 households, and 147 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 252 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 60.19% White, 38.49% African American, and 1.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.51% of the population. There were 201 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higgston, Georgia
Higgston is a town in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States. The population was 323 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Vidalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the Town of Higgston in 1903. The community was named after James Higgs, proprietors of several local mills. Geography Higgston is located at (32.217330, -82.467332). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 316 people, 134 households, and 84 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 152 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 79.11% White, 19.30% African American, 0.63% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.95% of the population. There were 134 households, out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (U
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the country in the Caucasus ** Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom ** Georgia within the Russian Empire ** Democratic Republic of Georgia, established following the Russian Revolution ** Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent of the Soviet Union * Related to the US state ** Province of Georgia, one of the thirteen American colonies established by Great Britain in what became the United States ** Georgia in the American Civil War, the State of Georgia within the Confederate States of America. Other places * 359 Georgia, an asteroid * New Georgia, Solomon Islands * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Canada * Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada United K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alston, Georgia
Alston is a town in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States, with a population of 178 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Vidalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The community was named after Alex Alston, a pioneer citizen. A post office has been in operation at Alston since 1910. Alston incorporated in 1910. Alston was the location of the murder of resident Isaiah Nixon, who was shot in his front yard in front of his wife and six children on Sept. 8, 1948, after voting in the Georgia Democratic primary. Geography Alston is located in southeastern Montgomery County at . Its eastern border is the Toombs County line. Georgia State Route 135 runs through the town, leading north to Higgston and southwest to Uvalda. Mount Vernon, the Montgomery county seat, is to the northwest via Mount Vernon Alston Road. According to the United States Census Bureau, Alston has a total area of , of which , or 0.87%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailey, Georgia
Ailey is a city in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 519. It is part of the Vidalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office called Ailey was established in 1891. The town incorporated in 1893. Geography Ailey is located at (32.187181, -82.568932). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Climate Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 394 people, 165 households, and 111 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 182 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 60.66% White, 36.29% African American, 0.51% Asian, 0.25% Pacific Islander, 1.78% from other races, and 0.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.78% of the population. There were 165 households, out of which 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% were married couples livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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