Autauga Academy Explained

Autauga Academy
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Address:497 Golson Road
City:Prattville, Alabama
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Country:United States
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Type:Private
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Autauga Academy is a private coed PK-12 school in Prattville, Alabama, the seat of Autauga County.

History

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Private School Universe Survey. National Center for Education Statistics. January 13, 2018.
  2. News: Joseph. Goodman. How the discrimination of Alabama football star O. J. Howard changed a school. January 13, 2018. AL.com. May 30, 2016.
  3. Book: Fallin. Wilson. Uplifting the People: Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama. August 17, 2007. University of Alabama Press. 9780817315696. January 13, 2018.
  4. Book: Johnson. Wanda B.. Fifteen Years Ago: Rural Alabama Revisited. December 1983. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. 4. January 13, 2018.
  5. https://www.al.com/news/2020/08/alabama-state-rep-will-dismukes-faces-arrest-for-theft.html Arrest Charges