Jamestown_Academy_(Virginia)

Jamestown Academy (Virginia)

Jamestown Academy (Virginia)

Private school

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Jamestown Academy was a private school in James City County, Virginia, established in 1964 when the local public schools were ordered to desegregate following the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling.[1]

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Tuition at Jamestown 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]

The school closed in 1989.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Public Education : 1964 Staff Report (PDF). United States Commission on Civil Rights. 1964. p. 277. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. [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. [3]
    "Griffin v State Board of Education". E.D.Va. March 9, 1965. Retrieved 29 August 2017. 239 F. Supp. 560 (1965)
  4. [4]
    Lerman, David (June 29, 1989). "Jamestown Academy Calls It Quits For '89". Daily Press. Retrieved 5 November 2017.


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