John S. Mosby Academy

John S. Mosby Academy was a private high school in Front Royal, Virginia, established in 1959 when the city's schools were ordered to desegregate following the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling.[1] It was named for John S. Mosby, a Confederate hero.

John S. Mosby Academy
Location
Front Royal, Virginia
Coordinates38.936222°N 78.2038893°W / 38.936222; -78.2038893
Information
TypePrivate
Opened1959
Closed1969
Grades8-12

The same year, Warren County built Criser High School (1-12) for black children. Mosby and Criser were part of a political strategem called massive resistance.

Tuition at Mosby was covered in part by state tuition grants. Grants to a "nonprofit, nonsectarian private school", even segregation academies, were upheld by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.[2] On March 9, 1965, in Griffin v. State Board of Education state tuition grants to white-only schools were found to be unconstitutional.[3]

References
  1. Keelor, Josette (Oct 17, 2014). "Classmates recall divided schools". Northern Virginia Daily. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. "Text of Supreme court's Decision ordering Virginia County to Reopen Its Schools". New York Times. May 26, 1964. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. "Griffin v State Board of Education". E.D.Va. March 9, 1965. Retrieved 29 August 2017. 239 F. Supp. 560 (1965)
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