Collins, Marva
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Name (Latin)
Collins, Marva
Other forms of name
Knight, Marva Delores
Date of birth
1936-08-31
Date of death
2015-06-24
Occupation
Educators
Teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- New York times WWW site, viewed June 29, 2015(in obituary published June 28: Marva Collins; b. Marva Delores Knight, Aug. 31, 1936, Monroeville, Ala.; grew up in Atmore; m. Clarence Collins (d. 1995); d. Wednesday [June 24, 2015], Bluffton, S.C., aged 78; former substitute teacher whose success at educating poor black students in a private school she founded made her a candidate for secretary of education and the subject of a television movie; opened Westside Preparatory School in 1975; later turned over the operation of the school to her daughter; it closed in 2008)
- Data from ALA Booklist for Marva [MP] 1979 (subj.)(Marva Collins, owner & teacher of West Side Preparatory School in Chicago)