Marva Collins

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American schoolteacher (1936-2015)

United States ActorsLived 1936 to 2015 · aged 78

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Marva Delores Collins was an American educator. Collins is best known for creating Westside Preparatory School, a widely acclaimed private elementary school in the impoverished Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, which opened in 1975.

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Collins with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush in 2004

Television 1

This Is Your Life1983

Awards 5

2004National Humanities Medal

1982Golden Plate Award

1981Phoenix Award

1981Jefferson Awards for Public Service

honorary member

Connected to Marva 6

Dorothy HeightAlso won Jefferson Awards for Public Service

Peter DickinsonAlso won Phoenix Award

Donald AdamsonAlso won honorary member

Alfred RomerAlso won Golden Plate Award

Bernice Johnson ReagonAlso won National Humanities Medal

Coleman YoungAlso won Phoenix Award

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