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| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| 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| | |||
| 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> | |||
| 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 |
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 | ||
| 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> | |||
| 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> | |||
| 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> | |||
| ==Facilities== | ==Facilities== | ||
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Private coeducational school in Eads and Memphis, Tennessee| Briarcrest Christian School | |
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| Location | |
| Eads and Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Coordinates | 35°06′52″N 89°51′59″W / 35.1145364°N 89.8663037°W / 35.1145364; -89.8663037 |
| Information | |
| School type | Private coeducational |
| Motto | With Men, This Is Impossible; But With God, All Things Are Possible. Matthew 19:26 |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Non-denominational Christian |
| Established | 1973 |
| Principal | Eric Sullivan |
| Grades | PK–12 |
| Enrollment | 1600 |
| Color(s) | Green and gold |
| Nickname | Saints |
| Website | www.briarcrest.com |
Briarcrest Christian School is an private, coeducational, college preparatory Christian school with two campuses in Shelby County, Tennessee. The school was founded in 1973 as a segregation academy in response to the racial desegregation of Memphis City Schools.
History
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 Southern Baptist churches throughout the Memphis area. In 1989 the school split from the founding church and re-chartered as an independent school 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.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
- Hugh Freeze – coach who won four girls' basketball state championships and two boys’ football state championships at Briarcrest
- Greg Hardy – football player for the Dallas Cowboys and the University of Mississippi
- John Hemphill – comedian
- Nicole Jordan – Miss Tennessee 2010
- Jim Mabry – University of Arkansas football player; Associated Press First team All-American 1989
- Leslie McDonald – basketball player for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Austin Nichols – basketball player
- Michael Oher – football player; subject of the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game and the 2009 movie The Blind Side.
- Lisa Quinn – television personality, Emmy winner
- Leigh Anne Tuohy – interior designer, author
References
- Cite error: The named reference
nevinbillswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - Cacciola, Scott (21 October 2014). "Hugh Freeze, Coach at Ole Miss, Follows an Unlikely Blueprint". NY Times. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- Greg Hardy. "Greg Hardy, DE for the Carolina Panthers at". Nfl.com. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- "409: Site not active". Suburbancommunitynews.com. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- Archived March 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Borzello, Jeff (November 5, 2012). "Austin Nichols surprisingly chooses Memphis over Tennessee". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- Michael Oher (1986-05-28). "Michael Oher, T for the Baltimore Ravens at". Nfl.com. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- Holmes, Linda (2011-02-08). "Beyond 'The Blind Side,' Michael Oher Rewrites His Own Story : Monkey See". NPR. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
External links
- Briarcrest Christian School
- "The Ballad of Big Mike", 2005 New York Times Magazine article on Michael Oher
- 1973 establishments in Tennessee
- Christian schools in Tennessee
- Educational institutions established in 1973
- Preparatory schools in Tennessee
- Private high schools in Tennessee
- Private middle schools in Tennessee
- Private elementary schools in Tennessee
- Segregation academies in Tennessee
- Schools in Memphis, Tennessee
- Schools in Shelby County, Tennessee