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Jackson Academy company history timeline

1959

A teacher’s quest to share the gift of reading prompted Jackson Academy’s (JA) founding in 1959.

1960

By November 1960, JA was a private school corporation, jointly owned by the parents of its 49 students, and supervised by a board of directors elected from those parents.

1973

In 1973, the FCC was asked to revoke WLBT's broadcasting license because the station's largest shareholder, William Mounger, also served as a Jackson Academy Vice President.

1979

In April 1979, Jackson Academy's campus was damaged in the Jackson Easter flood.

1986

In 1986 Jackson Academy became the first segregation academy in the Jackson area to enroll black students.

2001

In 2001, Jackson Academy had its first black graduate.

2003

George Jackson Academy opened in September 2003 in its current home on 104 St Mark’s Place in the East Village.

2008

In 2008, JA started working towards becoming an Apple one-to-one environment.

2019

In 2019, the board of trustees decided that the school should focus exclusively on the academic and developmental needs of middle school boys in grades 6-8.

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Founded
1959
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Headquarters
Jackson, MS
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Founders
Loyal Bearss
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