Wilkinson County Christian Academy

Wilkinson County Christian Academy (WCCA) is a private PK3-12 Christian school in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, near Woodville.[1] It was established in 1969 as a segregation academy.[2]

Wilkinson County Christian Academy
Location
Woodville, Mississippi
Coordinates31.075068°N 91.312062°W / 31.075068; -91.312062
Information
Typeprivate
Established1969 (1969)
PrincipalDonna Loomis
GradesPK3-12
Websitewww.wccarams.org

History
In 1973, the Wilkinson County Christian Academy campus was described by Jack Nelson as a "prefabricated metal complex that looks like a garment factory."[3]

In a 1970 article on the rise of segregation academies, the journalist Jim Wooten described the white parent's enrollment of their children in Wilkinson County Christian Academy as "the mode of adjustment" to the racial desegregation of public schools.[4] In a later article, a parent told Wooten that "my kids got to go to school," but that they were attending Wilkinson Christian since "They can't go to school with the coloreds.".[5][6]

After a 1973 visit to the school, the Los Angeles Times writer Jack Nelson described the school as "prefabricated metal complex that looks like a garment factory."[3]

In 1982, Wilkinson Academy teacher Bernard Waites told the Clarion-Ledger that he withdrew his daughter from public schools and sent her to Wilkinson Academy because "there was no way I was going to send her out to a school with 2,700 black kids."[7] Waites, who resigned as Wilkinson County School District superintendent to join the Academy, also said that he had difficulty accepting blacks socially and that he "didn't feel so good walking the halls of the black public schools."[8]

Athletics

The school won the 1988 and 2015 Mississippi Association of Independent Schools class A-AA football championships.[9][10]

Alumni

See also

References
  1. "Contact" (Archive). Wilkinson County Christian Academy. Retrieved on April 15, 2015.
  2. Dangerfileld, Celnisha. "Mapping Race, School Segregation, and Black Identities in Woodville, Mississippi: A Case Study of a Rural Community". Journal of Rural Community Psychology - Mapping Race. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009.
  3. Nelson, Jack (January 17, 1973). "Supreme Court to rule on Mississippi shootout". Los Angeles Times. p. 4. On the outskirts of Woodville sprawls the Wilkinson County Christian Academy, a prefabricated metal complex that looks like a garment factory. Whites, faced with a desegregation decree, estahlished the academy two years ago, deserting the county's public school system, which now is all black.
  4. Wooten, James T (January 6, 1970). "2 Whites and 1,391 Blacks In a Mississippi School". New York Times. p. 1.
  5. Wooten, James (January 7, 1970). "A new Day Ends Public Segregated Schools in Mississippi". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Wooten, James T. (1970-01-11). "A new data ends public segregated schools in Mississippi". The New York Times. p. 4-2. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  7. Weaver, Nancy (November 29, 1982). "Race Remains a Factor in School Choice". Clarion Ledger. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Weaver, Nancy (November 19, 1982). "Desegregation in Mississippi leaves public schools wanting". Clarion-Ledger. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "MAIS A-AA Championship: Wilkinson County Christian 8, Tri-County Academy 7". WJTV 12 News. 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  10. "Midsouth Association of Independent Schools State Football Champions". Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  11. Erickson, Erick (2017). Before You Wake: Life Lessons from a Father to His Children. Hachette Books. p. 52. ISBN 978-0316439558.


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