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]
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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]
32°54′50″N 90°52′28″W / 32.9138°N 90.8745°W