Autauga Academy

Autauga Academy
Autauga Academy
Address
	497 Golson Road; Prattville, Alabama 36067; United States
Coordinates	32°28′18″N 86°32′44″W / 32.4716102°N 86.5454269°W
Information
Type	Private
Founded	1969 (55 years ago)
CEEB code	012218
NCES School ID	00002722
Faculty	21.3
Grades	PK-12
Enrollment	306 (2016)
Color(s)	Grey & Gold
Mascot	General
Nickname	Generals
Website	www.autaugaacademy.com

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

Will Dismukes, Republican Alabama state politician known for his celebration of the KKK. Dismukes was arrested on 8/6 on suspicion of felony theft .^[5]
O. J. Howard, NFL player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

^ ^a ^b "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ Johnson, Wanda B. (December 1983). Fifteen Years Ago: Rural Alabama Revisited (PDF). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ Arrest Charges

[nces180113-1] "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[al160530-2] Joseph, Goodman (May 30, 2016). "How the discrimination of Alabama football star O. J. Howard changed a school". AL.com. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[wt070817-3] 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.

[wj8312-4] 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

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