Tuscaloosa Academy

Tuscaloosa Academy (TA) is a private school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It serves 438 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] 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.[6] The property was state-owned, which stimulated protest by opponents.[7]

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. "HISTORY OF TUSCALOOSA ACADEMY" (Archive). Tuscaloosa Academy. Retrieved on March 4, 2015.
  7. 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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