Then named the Mississippi Private School Association, it was founded in 1968 as an accrediting agency for segregation academies.
[3] The first MPSA sanctioned football game involving an all-black school took place in 2000.
[6] In 1992, the Louisiana Independent School Association, also created by segregation academies, merged into the MPSA.
[7] Historian Joseph Crespino has stated that members of the White Citizens' Council "doubtless" played a role in the founding of the Association.
Classes 5A, 4A, 3A, and 2A (the smallest classification for non-football sports in the MAIS) would get 24 schools apiece.