John T. Morgan Academy

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John T. Morgan Academy
Address
2901 West Dallas Ave Selma, Alabama 36701 United States
Coordinates	32°23′24″N 87°04′43″W
Information
Established	June 1965 (59 years ago) (1965-06)
CEEB code	012433
Campus size	20 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.

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

• Gunnar Henderson, 2019, MLB player - shortstop of the Baltimore Orioles and 2023 American League Rookie of the Year.

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 17 July 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
   - Foster, Peter (March 7, 2015). "Fifty years after Selma's 'Bloody Sunday', the battle for equality rages on". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 January 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 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
5. "Morgan Academy announces the hiring of new headmaster Dr. Bryan Oliver".