Tabernacle Baptist Academy
| Tabernacle Baptist Academy | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
 | |
| Coordinates | 35°09′05″N 90°10′57″W / 35.1513194°N 90.1824148°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Status | closed |
| Yearbook | Corral |
Tabernacle Baptist Academy was a private school in West Memphis, Arkansas.
History
[edit]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
[edit]The church, which had operated preschools and kindergartens before, built first a 4,800 square feet (450 m2) building for the school.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Private School Movement - Encyclopedia of Arkansas". www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
- ^ Schwartz, Marvin (1988). In Service to America: A History of VISTA in Arkansas, 1965-1985. University of Arkansas Press. p. 217. ISBN 9781557280053. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Exemption Revocation". Hope Star. Associated Press. July 14, 1970. p. 2. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "Church School Planned At West Memphis". Northwest Arkansas Times. Associated Press. January 14, 1970. p. 3. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
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