Camile Street School, also known as Louisville Colored School was a school for African-American children in

Louisville, Mississippi Louisville (pronounced LEW-iss-vill) is a city in Winston County, Mississippi. The population was 6,631 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Winston County. History Like Winston County, Louisville is named for Louis Winston (1784–1824) ...

. It was originally opened as Winston County Training School, and later renamed Louisville Negro High School. It closed in 1970 due to the integration of public schools. At that time, it had a population of 1,961 students, all of whom were Black, in a district which was 50% White. In 1970 the Supreme Court decision

Alexander v Holmes ''Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education'', 396 U.S. 19 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ordered immediate desegregation of public schools in the American South. It followed 15 years of delays to integrate ...

forced the integration of Black and White schools. High School students were sent to Louisville High School. For racist White people to maintain segregated schools, a private

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Winston Academy Winston Academy is a private college preparatory school in Louisville, Mississippi. It was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy. History When the Federal government enforced school integration, many white parents sought ways to keep their ch ...

was established. The school's sports teams were nicknamed the Trojans. In 1970, the Louisville Municipal School District proposed that all White students attend Louisville High School, while Camile Street School was to host only students in grades 1 through 7 and grade 9, and remain 100% Black. This proposal fell by the wayside when the Supreme Court established ''Alexander v Holmes''. The school was later repurposed as Louisville Junior High School and finally Louisville Middle School.

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