Woodland Hills Academy was a private high school in
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the Capital city, capital of and the List of municipalities in Mississippi, most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, Mississippi, ...
, established in 1969 when the
Jackson School Board was ordered to desegregate following the landmark
Brown v. Board of Education
''Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka'', 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregat ...
Supreme Court ruling.
Woodland Hills was one of many private schools formed in Mississippi. In 1963, there were 17 private schools in the state; by 1970 there were 236.
When the school opened in 1970, the Mississippi state Textbook Department illegally supplied books to the academy.
Jackson, Mississippi was the home of the single largest sponsor of private segregated schools (
segregation academies
Segregation academies are private schools in the Southern United States that were founded in the mid-20th century by white parents to avoid having their children attend desegregated public schools. They were founded between 1954, when the U.S. ...
) in the United States, the
Citizens' Council
The Citizens' Councils (commonly referred to as the White Citizens' Councils) were an associated network of White supremacy, white supremacist, Racial segregation in the United States, segregationist organizations in the United States, concentra ...
The campus site known variously as 401 Sheppard Road and 5055 Manhattan Road was the site of Council Manhattan High School (1966-1983). Woodland Hills Baptist Academy took over the site.
Across the street was 5055 Manhattan Road, apparently the site of Council Manhattan High School (1966-1983). Both facilities were abandoned by 2008.
Notable alumni
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Alice Haining
Alice Haining (born October 8, 1957) is an American actress.
Early years
Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Haining is the daughter of Dr. Joe L. Haining and Jean Haining. Her father was a research chemist, and her mother was a teacher. Haining was va ...
, actress
See also
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Education segregation in the Mississippi Red Clay region The Mississippi Red Clay region was a center of education segregation. Before the ''Brown v. Board of Education'' decision in 1954, Mississippi sponsored ''freedom of choice'' policies that effectively segregated schools. After ''Brown'', the effor ...
References
{{Hinds County, Mississippi Schools
Segregation academies in Mississippi
Schools in Jackson, Mississippi
Defunct schools in Mississippi
1970 establishments in Mississippi
Educational institutions established in 1970