Segregation Academies facts
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Hattie McDaniel, the 1st African American to win an Academy Award for her role in Gone with the Wind - McDaniel and her escort were required to sit at a segregated table for two, apart from both her Gone with the Wind colleagues and those in the motion picture industry
Segregation academies continue to operate in the Southern United States
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In the 60s and 70s, towns across the South created inexpensive private schools called "Segregation Academies" to keep white students from having to mix with black students. Some still operate to this day in Mississippi
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After the south was forced to integrate schools, many private white-only "segregation academies" popped up, some of which "continue to operate with few, if any, black students."
