Tuscaloosa Academy

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

Tuscaloosa Academy
Location
Coordinates33.2451°N 87.5397°W / 33.2451; -87.5397
Information
TypePrivate
NCES School ID00001558
Faculty56[1]
Enrollment438 (2016[1])
Websitewww.tuscaloosaacademy.org

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. "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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