Tuscaloosa Academy

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Tuscaloosa Academy
Location
Coordinates33°14′42″N 87°32′23″W / 33.2451°N 87.5397°W / 33.2451; -87.5397Coordinates: 33°14′42″N 87°32′23″W / 33.2451°N 87.5397°W / 33.2451; -87.5397
Information
TypePrivate
NCES School ID00001558
Faculty56[1]
Enrollment438 (2016[1])
Websitewww.tuscaloosaacademy.org

Tuscaloosa Academy (TA) is a private school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It serves 452 students and has been described as a segregation academy.[2]

History[]

The school opened with grades one through seven in September 1967, the year Alabama public schools were forced to desegregate.[3][4] In 1973, the first graduation exercises were held. In a 1979 interview, headmaster William Garrison denied that it was founded as a segregation academy, as did all other private schools in Tuscaloosa, and said the school was "actively recruiting for blacks".[5] However, in 2021, Headmaster Bryan Oliver gave an interview acknowledging that the school was indeed founded as a segregation academy.[6] In 2017, Tuscaloosa Academy serves students from preschool through 12th grade.

It was initially housed in the Northington Army Hospital, in proximity to the University Mall, and had 113 students.[7] The property was state-owned, which stimulated protest by opponents.[8]

In 2016, the school enrolled twelve black students (3%), in a community that is 47% black.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Private School Universe Survey". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ^ Bagley, Joseph (15 December 2018). The politics of white rights: race, justice, and integrating Alabama's schools. Athens: University of Georgia Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-8203-5418-7. OCLC 1065537539.
  3. ^ Zamora, Amanda (2014-04-15). "Timeline: From Brown v. Board to Segregation Now". Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  4. ^ "Public Education in Alabama After Desegregation". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  5. ^ Flora, Doris (28 January 1979). "Changes In Local Education Range From 'white Flight' To Back to Basisc". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  6. ^ Mariah Katherine (25 April 2021). "Segregation Academies--Episode 3: Interview with Dr. Bryan Oliver, headmaster of Tuscaloosa Academy".
  7. ^ "HISTORY OF TUSCALOOSA ACADEMY" (Archive). Tuscaloosa Academy. Retrieved on March 4, 2015.
  8. ^ Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, United States. Congress. Senate. (1970). Equal Educational Opportunity: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session-92nd Congress, First Session, Volume 10. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 2042. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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