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Autauga Academy

Coordinates: 32°28′18″N 86°32′44″W / 32.4716102°N 86.5454269°W / 32.4716102; -86.5454269
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Autauga Academy
Address
Map
497 Golson Road

36067

United States
Coordinates32°28′18″N 86°32′44″W / 32.4716102°N 86.5454269°W / 32.4716102; -86.5454269
Information
TypePrivate
Founded1969 (55 years ago) (1969)
CEEB code012218
NCES School ID00002722
Faculty21.3[1]
GradesPK-12
Enrollment306 (2016[1])
Color(s)
   
   
Grey & Gold
MascotGeneral
NicknameGenerals
Websitewww.autaugaacademy.com

Autauga Academy is a private coed PK-12 school in Prattville, Alabama, the seat of Autauga County.

History

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Autauga Private Academy was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy.[2] It is distinct from a seminary of the same name founded in 1888.[3]

Autauga attracted the attention of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, prompting an inspection tour in 1982, along with eight other schools in Alabama[4]

In 2011 a black student, future National Football League tight end O. J. Howard — then a student at the school — was told by the headmaster of the school he could not bring a girl to the prom because she was white.[2]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Joseph, Goodman (May 30, 2016). "How the discrimination of Alabama football star O. J. Howard changed a school". AL.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Fallin, Wilson (August 17, 2007). Uplifting the People: Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817315696. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  4. ^ Johnson, Wanda B. (December 1983). Fifteen Years Ago: Rural Alabama Revisited (PDF). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  5. ^ Arrest Charges