Cruger-Tchula Academy (CTA) was an independent, co-educational college preparatory school located off US Highway 49 in Cruger, Holmes County, Mississippi. The school was founded in 1965 as the first[1] segregation academy[2][3] in Mississippi, and closed in 2001.

History

Cruger-Tchula Academy was established in 1965 and was a member of the Mississippi Private School Association. The school closed in 2001.

References

  1. Fuquay, Michael W. “Civil Rights and the Private School Movement in Mississippi, 1964-1971.” History of Education Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 2, 2002, pp. 159–180. https://vdocuments.mx/civil-rights-and-the-private-school-movement-in-mississippi-19641971.html.
  2. Coffey v. State Educational Finance Commission 296 F. Supp. 1389 (S.D. Miss. 1969)
  3. Sojourner, Sue [Lorenzi] (2013-01-03). Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813140943.

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