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'''Briarcrest Christian School''' is an ], ], ] ] with two campuses in ], ]. The school was founded in 1973 as a ] in response to the racial desegregation of ].<ref name=nevinbills/> |
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'''Briarcrest Christian School''' is an ], ], ] ] with two campuses in ], ]. |
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==History== |
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In 1973, 11 ] established the '''Briarcrest Baptist School System''' as a system of ] in response to the court-ordered busing ].<ref>{{Cite journal| url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/glj62&div=61&id=&page=|title=Desegregation of Private Schools: Section 1981 as an Alternative to State Action|journal= Georgetown Law Journal |page=1363||volume=62 |year=1974| |
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access-date=2018-05-01|first1=Mark R|last1=Kravitz|first2= Carol A|last2= Mutter|quote=The term "segregation academy" in the South has come to mean an institution which is one of "a system of private schools operated on a racially segregated basis as an alternative available to white students seeking to avoid desegregated public schools... Some private white schools are well-equipped and boast an excellent staff. For example, the Briarcrest Baptist School System, Inc., in Memphis, Tennessee, offers all the standard academic subjects in addition to religious training.}}</ref><ref name=crespino/> The chairman of the school board stated that black students were "pressured into staying away, feeling they'd be ]s if they came."<ref name=crespino>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdCApZN4xjwC&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248|title=In Search of Another Country: Mississippi and the Conservative Counterrevolution|last=Crespino|first=Joseph|date=2007|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0691122091|page=248|language=en}}</ref> The headmaster explained that teachers left public schools for jobs at Briarcrest because they wanted to be "back among their own" with "less fear, less culture shock" and more "cultural homogeneity".<ref name=nevinbills>{{cite book|last1=Nevin|first1=David|last2=Bills|first2=Robert|title=The schools that fear built: segregationist academies in the South|date=1976|publisher=Acropolis Books|location=Washington|isbn=0874911796|page=54}}</ref> |
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Programs for kindergarten through grade 8 began in 1973 and a program for grades 9–12 was added in 1974. In its early years, Briarcrest maintained as many as 12 locations in ] churches throughout the Memphis area. In 1989 the school split from the founding church and re-chartered as an ] with its current name, Briarcrest Christian School. Over the next 20 years, Briarcrest Christian School grew to 1,600 students and invested $43 million in building its campus.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/feb/03/enrollment-up-briarcrest-sees-more-growth-02/ |title=Briarcrest sees more growth in future |newspaper =The Commercial Appeal |date= February 3, 2010 |first = Don | last = Wade | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017235357/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/feb/03/enrollment-up-briarcrest-sees-more-growth-02/ | archive-date = October 17, 2012}}</ref> |
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In 1979, Memphis ] chair ] noted that Briarcrest had never enrolled a black student and described the school as a "bastion of white segregation in a city with a 40% black population".<ref> {{cite magazine|work = ]| date= January 4, 1979| title=Baptist School Groups Denies Racial Bias|page = 7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA7|publisher= ]}}</ref> |
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In 1984, W. Wayne Allen, the chairman of the school's board, was the defendant in the ] case '']''.<ref name=allen>''Allen v. Wright'', </ref> Allen was sued in his official capacity by black parents who felt that the ] should revoke Briarcrest's ] due to its alleged discriminatory policies. The court held that individual citizens did not have ] to challenge the IRS's determination that Briarcrest Christian School had a racially non-discriminatory admissions policy and was thus eligible for tax-exempt status.<ref name=allen/> After the court issued its ruling, Allen told the ] that he was glad the tax code could not be "used as a weapon" by those who disagreed with the school's "policies or politics."<ref>{{cite news|date =July 5, 1984| newspaper = The Tennessean | page= 9 |title= Parent calls decision 'Wrong' in tax exemption challenge| url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/112327682/ | via= ]}}</ref> |
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In 2009, Briarcrest's reputation for racial segregation was the basis for the fictional ''Wingate Christian School'' portrayed in the film '']''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ceFRDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT85&lpg=PT85|title=Football, Culture and Power|last=Leonard|first=David J.|last2=George|first2=Kimberly B.|last3=Davis|first3=Wade|date=2016-10-14|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317410881|page=85|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-66170-4_4|title=Black Masculinity and the Cinema of Policing|last=Sexton|first=Jared|date=2017|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan, Cham|isbn=9783319661698|pages=89–120|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-66170-4_4}}</ref> Briarcrest officials said they did not permit the use of the school's real name because they felt that the script took excessive ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.commercialappeal.com/entertainment/briarcrest-opted-out-of-feature-role-in-the-blind-side-ep-393169786-324250181.html/|title=Briarcrest opted out of feature role in 'The Blind Side'|access-date=2018-05-02|language=en |first=Don| last=Wade| date = November 24, 2009| newspaper = ]}}</ref> |
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==Facilities== |
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The ] campus serves pre-k through grade 5 and the and ] campus serves pre-k through grade 12. |
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==Program== |
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Briarcrest is a ]. Christian values and biblical morals are taught and practiced throughout the program. All students attend weekly chapel services, study the Bible and are encouraged to have a ]. |
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Briarcrest offers honors, ] and ] classes. Fine arts programs begin in preschool and continue through grade 12 in visual arts, choral music, instrumental music, general music, and theater arts. |
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==Accreditation and affiliations== |
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The school has dual ] from the ] and the ]. Briarcrest is also a member of the ], Tennessee Association of Independent Schools, Memphis Association of Independent Schools, and the ]. |
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==Sports== |
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Briarcrest participates in ] (TSSAA) Division II West AA for large schools, competing with both private and public schools in the region. Since 1998, Briarcrest has won nine state championships (six of which, two in football and four in girls' basketball, were coached by former Ole Miss football coach ]). The school offers athletic programs, including marching band, football, baseball, basketball, wrestling, cross country, golf, bowling, swimming, trap shooting, softball, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, track, tennis, and cheerleading. |
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==Notable people== |
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*] – host of '']'' radio talk show. Left after ninth grade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2007/racist-memphis-radio-host-celebrated-council-conservative-citizens-conference|title=Racist Memphis Radio Host Celebrated at Council of Conservative Citizens Conference|publisher=]|access-date=2018-05-02|date = October 1, 2007|first = David|last=Holthouse|language=en}}</ref> |
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*] – coach who won four girls' basketball state championships and two boys’ football state championships at Briarcrest<ref name="Freeze Times">{{cite web|last1=Cacciola|first1=Scott|title=Hugh Freeze, Coach at Ole Miss, Follows an Unlikely Blueprint|url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/sports/ncaafootball/hugh-freeze-coach-at-ole-miss-follows-an-unlikely-blueprint.html?referrer=&_r=0|publisher=NY Times|accessdate=15 December 2017|date=21 October 2014}}</ref> |
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*] – football player for the ] and the ]<ref>{{cite web|author=Greg Hardy |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/greghardy/profile?id=HAR101120 |title=Greg Hardy, DE for the Carolina Panthers at |publisher=Nfl.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-26}}</ref> |
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*] – comedian{{CN|date=January 2018}} |
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*] – Miss Tennessee 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suburbancommunitynews.com/articles/2010/09/08/the_independent/community/doc4c881674eeaac566512735.txt |title=409: Site not active |publisher=Suburbancommunitynews.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-26}}</ref> |
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*] – ] football player; ] First team All-American 1989 {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} |
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*] – basketball player for the ]<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313081846/http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mcdonald_leslie00.html|date=March 13, 2011}}</ref> |
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*] – basketball player<ref>{{cite web|last1=Borzello|first1=Jeff|title=Austin Nichols surprisingly chooses Memphis over Tennessee|url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/recruiting/eye-on-college-basketball-recruiting/20836405/austin-nichols-surprisingly-chooses-memphis-over-tennessee|publisher=CBS Sports|accessdate=October 24, 2015|date=November 5, 2012}}</ref> |
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*] – football player;<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael Oher |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/michaeloher/profile?id=OHE567504 |title=Michael Oher, T for the Baltimore Ravens at |publisher=Nfl.com |date=1986-05-28 |accessdate=2012-12-26}}</ref> subject of the book '']'' and the 2009 movie '']''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holmes |first=Linda |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/02/08/133590180/beyond-the-blind-side-michael-oher-rewrites-his-own-story |title=Beyond 'The Blind Side,' Michael Oher Rewrites His Own Story : Monkey See |publisher=NPR |date=2011-02-08 |accessdate=2012-12-26}}</ref> |
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*] – television personality, ] winner{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} |
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*] – interior designer, author |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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{{Portal|Tennessee|Schools|Christianity|}} |
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