Marvell Academy

Marvell Academy

Marvell Academy is a K-12 a private school in unincorporated Phillips County, near Marvell.[1]

Marvell was founded in 1966, and its first graduating class graduated in 1972.[2] The school originally served as a segregation academy; it was founded so that White residents could have their children attend schools without African-Americans after area public schools were forced to racially integrate. The founders of the school were members of a White Citizens Council.[3] The school was at one time located across a cotton patch from the area public school.[4] Marvell public schools had been integrated in 1965.[5]

Marvell Academy is still 99% white.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Marvell Academy Principals." Manta. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "645 Highway 243 Marvell, AR 72366."
  2. ^ "About." Marvell Academy. Retrieved on March 2, 2011.
  3. ^ "Private Schools: The Last Refuge." TIME. Friday November 14, 1969. Retrieved on March 2, 2011.
  4. ^ "South's All-White Private Academies Double This Year." Chicago Tribune. November 27, 1970. D7. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "the private Marvell Academy, across a cotton patch from the public school[...]"
  5. ^ Jackson v. Marvell School District No C G 22 (Oct. 2, 1969.)
  6. ^ "Marvell Academy, School Stats: Student Ethnicity". GreatSchools.org. 2010. http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/ar/otherprivate/1155#students. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 

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