Two HS football fields in the same town in Mississippi on a recent Friday Football Night.
Can you ID which belongs to the all-white private school, and which to the nearly all-black school? (Hint: brightest lights, number of cars and people)
ProPublica writer, Jennifer Barry Hawes, wrote about the distribution of funding to High Schools, comparing the amounts between those with Black or White students. Here are just a few of the reporting highlights, written by reporters and editors who worked on this story:
Widespread Divisions: A new ProPublica analysis shows how much private schools segregate students by race. Across the South, many of these schools are segregation academies.
Huge Chasms in Mississippi: In Amite County, Mississippi, the divide is especially stark. Just 16% of public school students are white, but 96% of students at local segregation academies are white.
White Leaders at Black Schools: Although 82% of Amite public school students are Black, their schools are largely controlled by white leaders who didn’t send their children to the local public schools.
Hawes' article was filled with much detailed info, including comparisons with other states across the U.S. Here is the link to the original ProPublica article:
https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-public-schools-amite-county- mississippi?utm_source=pocket_shared
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