Tabernacle Baptist Academy

This article is about the school in Arkansas. For the school in Virginia, see Education in Norfolk, Virginia.

Tabernacle Baptist Academy was a private school in West Memphis, Arkansas.

Tabernacle Baptist Academy
Location
West Memphis, Arkansas
Coordinates	35.1513194°N 90.1824148°W / 35.1513194; -90.1824148
Information
Type	Private
Denomination	Baptist
Founded	1970
Status	closed
Yearbook	Corral

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]

References

1. "Private School Movement - Encyclopedia of Arkansas". www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
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.