Henry Weathers High School
Henry Weathers High School was a high school in Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States, near Rolling Fork. It admitted students from both Sharkey and Issaquena counties.[1]
Principal O. E. Jordan disallowed students from wearing Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) pins in 1965; the students had received them from the Mississippi Student Union. Jordan avoided challenging white domination of politics even though he had sought to improve the education of African-Americans.[1] Students responded by launching a boycott against the school.[2]
In 1977 the school had 399 students. That year another boycott occurred, with only three students attending classes.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bolton, Charles C. The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2007. ISBN 1934110744, 9781934110744. p. 143.
- ^ Bolton, Charles C. The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2007. ISBN 1934110744, 9781934110744. p. 144.
- ^ Chesser, Pam. "School boycott enters third day." The Delta Democrat-Times. Wednesday October 26, 1977. Page 1. Retrieved on July 9, 2017.
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