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'{{Infobox school | name = Briarcrest Christian School | image = EnhancedBriarcrestLogo.png | imagesize = 100px | image caption = | motto = ''With Men, This Is Impossible; But With God, All Things Are Possible. [[With God, all things are possible|Matthew 19:26]]'' | established = 1973 | schooltype = Private [[coeducational]] | religion = [[Non-denominational Christian]] | grades = PK–12 | enrollment = 1600 | principal = Eric Sullivan | city = [[Eads, Tennessee|Eads]] and [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] | state = [[Tennessee]] | country = | coordinates = {{Coord|35.1145364|-89.8663037|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | pushpin_map = Tennessee | nickname = [[Saints]] | colors = Green and gold {{color box|green}} {{color box|gold}} | homepage = [http://www.briarcrest.com www.briarcrest.com] }} '''Briarcrest Christian School''' is a [[private school|private]], [[coeducational]], [[college preparatory]] [[Christian school]] with two campuses in [[Shelby County, Tennessee|Shelby County]], [[Tennessee]]. The school was founded in 1973 as a [[segregation academy]] in response to the racial desegregation of [[Memphis City Schools]].<ref name=nevinbills/> ==History== In 1973, 11 [[Baptists|Baptist churches]] established the '''Briarcrest Baptist School System''' as a system of [[segregation academies]] in response to the court-ordered busing [[School integration in the United States|racial integration of public schools]].<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 [[Uncle Tom]]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 [[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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/feb/03/enrollment-up-briarcrest-sees-more-growth-02/ |title=Briarcrest sees more growth in future |newspaper =The Commercial Appeal |date= February 3, 2010 |first = Don | last = Wade | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017235357/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/feb/03/enrollment-up-briarcrest-sees-more-growth-02/ | archive-date = October 17, 2012}}</ref> In 1979, Memphis [[NAACP]] chair [[Maxine Smith]] 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 = [[Jet magazine|Jet]]| date= January 4, 1979| title=Baptist School Groups Denies Racial Bias|page = 7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA7|publisher= [[Johnson Publishing Company]]}}</ref> In 1984, W. Wayne Allen, the chairman of the school's board, was the defendant in the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] case ''[[Allen v. Wright]]''.<ref name=allen>''Allen v. Wright'', [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5272142302925951593&hl=en&as_sdt=4,60&sciodt=4,60 468 US 737]</ref> Allen was sued in his official capacity by black parents who felt that the [[IRS]] should revoke Briarcrest's [[Tax exemption|tax-exempt status]] due to its alleged discriminatory policies. The court held that individual citizens did not have [[Standing (law)|standing]] 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 [[UPI]] 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= [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 2009, Briarcrest's reputation for racial segregation was the basis for the fictional ''Wingate Christian School'' portrayed in the film ''[[The Blind Side (film)|The Blind Side]]''.<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 [[artistic license]].<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 = [[Memphis Commercial Appeal]]}}</ref> ==Facilities== [[File:BriarcrestEastMemFront.jpg|left|thumb|Main entrance to East Memphis campus]] The [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] campus serves pre-k through grade 5 and the and [[Eads, Tennessee|Eads]] campus serves pre-k through grade 12. ==Program== Briarcrest is a [[Non-denominational Christian]]. Christian values and biblical morals are taught and practiced throughout the program. All students attend weekly chapel services, study the Bible and are encouraged to have a [[personal relationship with Jesus Christ]]. Briarcrest offers honors, [[advanced placement]] and [[dual enrollment]] classes. Fine arts programs begin in preschool and continue through grade 12 in visual arts, choral music, instrumental music, general music, and theater arts. ==Accreditation and affiliations== The school has dual [[educational accreditation|accreditation]] from the [[Southern Association of Independent Schools]] and the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]]. Briarcrest is also a member of the [[Association of Christian Schools International]], Tennessee Association of Independent Schools, Memphis Association of Independent Schools, and the [[College Board]]. ==Sports== Briarcrest participates in [[Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association]] (TSSAA) Division II West AA for large schools, competing with both private and public schools in the region. Since 1998, Briarcrest has won nine state championships (six of which, two in football and four in girls' basketball, were coached by former Ole Miss football coach [[Hugh Freeze]]). The school offers athletic programs, including marching band, football, baseball, basketball, wrestling, cross country, golf, bowling, swimming, trap shooting, softball, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, track, tennis, and cheerleading. ==Notable people== *[[The_Political_Cesspool#James Edwards|James Edwards]] – host of ''[[The Political Cesspool]]'' radio talk show. Left after ninth grade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2007/racist-memphis-radio-host-celebrated-council-conservative-citizens-conference|title=Racist Memphis Radio Host Celebrated at Council of Conservative Citizens Conference|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|access-date=2018-05-02|date = October 1, 2007|first = David|last=Holthouse|language=en}}</ref> *[[Hugh Freeze]] – coach who won four girls' basketball state championships and two boys’ football state championships at Briarcrest<ref name="Freeze Times">{{cite web|last1=Cacciola|first1=Scott|title=Hugh Freeze, Coach at Ole Miss, Follows an Unlikely Blueprint|url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/sports/ncaafootball/hugh-freeze-coach-at-ole-miss-follows-an-unlikely-blueprint.html?referrer=&_r=0|publisher=NY Times|accessdate=15 December 2017|date=21 October 2014}}</ref> *[[Greg Hardy]] – football player for the [[Dallas Cowboys]] and the [[University of Mississippi]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Greg Hardy |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/greghardy/profile?id=HAR101120 |title=Greg Hardy, DE for the Carolina Panthers at |publisher=Nfl.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-26}}</ref> *[[John Hemphill (comedian)|John Hemphill]] – comedian{{CN|date=January 2018}} *[[Nicole Jordan (Miss Tennessee)|Nicole Jordan]] – Miss Tennessee 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suburbancommunitynews.com/articles/2010/09/08/the_independent/community/doc4c881674eeaac566512735.txt |title=409: Site not active |publisher=Suburbancommunitynews.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-26}}</ref> *[[Jim Mabry]] – [[University of Arkansas]] football player; [[Associated Press]] First team All-American 1989 {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} *[[Leslie McDonald]] – basketball player for the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]<ref>[http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mcdonald_leslie00.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313081846/http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mcdonald_leslie00.html|date=March 13, 2011}}</ref> *[[Austin Nichols (basketball)|Austin Nichols]] – basketball player<ref>{{cite web|last1=Borzello|first1=Jeff|title=Austin Nichols surprisingly chooses Memphis over Tennessee|url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/recruiting/eye-on-college-basketball-recruiting/20836405/austin-nichols-surprisingly-chooses-memphis-over-tennessee|publisher=CBS Sports|accessdate=October 24, 2015|date=November 5, 2012}}</ref> *[[Michael Oher]] – football player;<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael Oher |url=http://www.nfl.com/players/michaeloher/profile?id=OHE567504 |title=Michael Oher, T for the Baltimore Ravens at |publisher=Nfl.com |date=1986-05-28 |accessdate=2012-12-26}}</ref> subject of the book ''[[The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game]]'' and the 2009 movie ''[[The Blind Side (film)|The Blind Side]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holmes |first=Linda |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/02/08/133590180/beyond-the-blind-side-michael-oher-rewrites-his-own-story |title=Beyond 'The Blind Side,' Michael Oher Rewrites His Own Story : Monkey See |publisher=NPR |date=2011-02-08 |accessdate=2012-12-26}}</ref> *[[Lisa Pickens Quinn|Lisa Quinn]] – television personality, [[Emmy]] winner{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} *[[Leigh Anne Tuohy]] – interior designer, author == References == <references/> == External links == {{Portal|Tennessee|Schools|Christianity|}} *[http://www.briarcrest.com Briarcrest Christian School] *[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/magazine/24football.html "The Ballad of Big Mike"], 2005 ''[[New York Times Magazine]]'' article on Michael Oher [[Category:1973 establishments in Tennessee]] [[Category:Christian schools in Tennessee]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1973]] [[Category:Preparatory schools in Tennessee]] [[Category:Private high schools in Tennessee]] [[Category:Private middle schools in Tennessee]] [[Category:Private elementary schools in Tennessee]] [[Category:Segregation academies in Tennessee]] [[Category:Schools in Memphis, Tennessee]] [[Category:Schools in Shelby County, Tennessee]]'