Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Athens Christian School" in English language version.
Although many white Athenians—both members of the business establishment and not—were content with the second-class status of most African Americans in social, economic, and political life, support for open schools and acceptance of desegregation orders was less complicated for this particular collection of white Athenians. These individuals were often the most insulated and removed from the local black population by virtue of residential living patterns. Most also possessed the financial means to send their children to private or parochial schools if they so desired, and approximately seven hundred white children left the Athens public school system in the first half of the 1970s. Undoubtedly, many of these children found their way into public schools in the surrounding counties or private schools like Athens Academy and Athens Christian School, which opened in 1967 and 1970, respectively.
