Segregation Academies

Segregation academies were private schools established in the United States, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s, as a response to desegregation orders ending racial segregation in public schools. These schools often aimed to avoid integrating students of different races, maintaining predominantly white student bodies. They were frequently funded privately and sometimes received indirect support from local authorities. While some now operate as mainstream private schools, their origins are linked to efforts to resist integrating public education, reflecting broader social and racial tensions during that period.