Marvell Academy

Marvell Academy
Location
Marvell Academy
Marvell, Arkansas
United States
Coordinates 34°34′12″N 90°54′44″W / 34.56991°N 90.91223°W / 34.56991; -90.91223
Information
Type Private
Opened 1966
Principal Susan Ligon
Grades K-12
Enrollment 164 (2016[1])
Website www.marvellacademyeagles.com/home.html

Marvell Academy is a K-12 a private school in unincorporated Phillips County Arkansas, near Marvell.[2]

The school is accredited by and participates in athletics with the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools.

History

Marvell Academy was founded as a segregation academy by parents, some of whom 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] The Marvel Academy Founders were reported to have said "Integration is the corruption of the true American heritage by alien concept and ideology"[6] In the 2015-2016 school year, the school enrolled two hispanic students and no black students.[1]

Marvell Academy is a Christian faith-based school.[7] As of 2011, the student body of Marvell Academy is still 100% white.[8]

A 1969 Time Magazine article describing the emergence of segregation academies noted that "Few of them are quite so openly redneck as the Marvell Academy."[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Marvell Academy Principals." Manta. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "645 Highway 243 Marvell, AR 72366."
  3. 1 2 "Private Schools: The Last Refuge". Time. November 14, 1969. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  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. ↑ "The Last Refuge". Time. 94 (20). November 14, 1969. Retrieved 2018-01-09 – via EBSCOhost.
  7. ↑ Marvell Academy. Retrieved on September 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Marvell Academy: Student Diversity". GreatSchools.org. 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
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