John T. Morgan Academy

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John T. Morgan Academy
Address
John T. Morgan Academy
2901 West Dallas Ave

Selma, Alabama
36701

United States
Coordinates 32°23′24″N87°04′43″W / 32.3898673°N 87.078585°W / 32.3898673; -87.078585
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EstablishedJune 1965(60 years ago) (1965-06)
CEEB code 012433
Campus size20 acres (8.1 ha)
Nickname Senators
Website morganacademy.com

John T. Morgan Academy, commonly known as Morgan Academy, is a school in Selma, Alabama, USA, originally founded in 1965 as a segregation academy.

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History

The school is named for John Tyler Morgan, a Confederate general and Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan who, as a U.S. Senator, advanced several bills to legalize lynching of African-Americans. [1] It was founded in 1965, shortly after the Selma to Montgomery marches. The first classes in 1965 were held in the John Tyler Morgan House until a new campus was built in 1967.

After 41 years, the school admitted its first black student in 2008. [2] [3] [4]

Bryan Oliver became the headmaster in 2021. [5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Holthouse, David (Winter 2008). "Activists Confront Hate in Selma, Ala". Intelligence Report . Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ Berman, Ari (February 25, 2015). "Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed". The Nation. Archived from the original on July 17, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
    - Foster, Peter (March 7, 2015). "Fifty years after Selma's 'Bloody Sunday', the battle for equality rages on". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ "In Selma, income inequality, education and race still deeply intertwined".
  4. ↑ "Fledgling School Hopes to be an Integrated Alternative | Bridging Selma". Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Morgan Academy announces the hiring of new headmaster Dr. Bryan Oliver".
  6. ↑ "Gunnar Henderson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com.
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