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Gov. Phil Bryant attended Council McCluer High School, a segregationist academy set up by the racist Citizens Council, his junior (left) and senior years of high school. The Mississippi Legislature gave financial assistance, now called vouchers, to white families to send their children to these private schools.

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From Council Schools to Today’s Fight for Public Ed

Yearbooks and classmates prove that Gov. Phil Bryant is the product of white flight and segregationist education, which may explain his efforts, along with others in his party, to undermine …

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