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Marva Collins

CTL-P-0169 · Person

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Westside Preparatory School founder

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Westside Preparatory School founder

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Educator Marva Delores Knight Collins (1936-2015); left the Chicago Public School system to start West Side Preparatory School on the West Side of Chicago in the 1970s; worked as an educator, consultant and community organizer for over 40 years; author of the memoir The Marva Collins Way (Journal of Blacks in Higher Education memorial tribute, July 17, 2015).

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