Tabernacle Baptist Academy

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Coordinates 35°09′05″N90°10′57″W / 35.1513194°N 90.1824148°W / 35.1513194; -90.1824148 Coordinates: 35°09′05″N90°10′57″W / 35.1513194°N 90.1824148°W / 35.1513194; -90.1824148
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DenominationBaptist
Founded1970
Statusclosed
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Tabernacle Baptist Academy was a private school in West Memphis, Arkansas.

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History

Tabernacle was founded in 1970 as a segregation academy. [1] Travis Case, the pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, said, "... if any blacks show up at Tabernacle Baptist Academy, they will be turned away. It has nothing to do with race. We are not anti-Negro." [2]

Tabernacle lost its tax-exempt status in 1970. [3]

Campus

The church, which had operated preschools and kindergartens before, built first a 4,800 square feet (450 m2) building for the school. [4]

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References

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  2. Schwartz, Marvin (1988). In Service to America: A History of VISTA in Arkansas, 1965-1985. University of Arkansas Press. p. 217. ISBN   9781557280053 . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. "Exemption Revocation". Hope Star. Associated Press. July 14, 1970. p. 2. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. "Church School Planned At West Memphis". Northwest Arkansas Times. Associated Press. January 14, 1970. p. 3. Retrieved 15 January 2018.