In April 1979 , Jackson Academy 's campus was damaged in the Jackson Easter flood . The school resumed classes in temporary facilities provided by local churches . Jackson Academy was forced to vacate the churches after a civil rights attorney filed a lawsuit to force the IRS to remove the churches ' tax exempt status since the churches were aiding a racially segregated school . The attorney who filed the IRS complaint , Frank Parker , recalled that he received so many threats of violence that he had to leave Mississippi for several weeks
Jackson Easter flood
1979 Easter flood
Jackson Academy (Mississippi)