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Marva Delores Collins (née Knight; August 31, 1936 – June 24, 2015) 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.
The Marva Collins Story is a 1981 American Hallmark Hall of Fame television film about the life of Chicago-based African-American teacher Marva Collins. It stars Cicely Tyson as Collins and Morgan Freeman as her husband, Clarence.
Members of Congress, all of whom are Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters, among them then-Senator Kamala Harris, the first female Vice President of the United States. This list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors (commonly referred to as AKAs [1]) includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.
The Marva Collins Story: Marva Collins: 1982 Benny's Place: Odessa [1] 1985 Playing with Fire: Carol Phillips [1] 1986 Intimate Encounters: Dr. Claire Dalton [1] Acceptable Risks: Janet Framm [1] Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story: Muriel 1989 The Women of Brewster Place: Mrs. Browne [1] 1990 The Kid Who Loved Christmas: Etta [1] B.L. Stryker ...
Marva Collins, American educator who in 1975 started Westside Preparatory School in the impoverished Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, portrayed in the 1981 docudrama TV movie The Marva Collins Story; Pat Conroy, teacher and later writer portrayed in 1974 film Conrack and 2006 TV movie The Water Is Wide
The Marva Collins Story: Peter Levin: December 1, 1981 () Starring: Cicely Tyson and Morgan Freeman. 141: 2: The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Michael Tuchner:
Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Marva Collins Story: Marjorie Fowler CBS: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy: Edward A. Biery, John Nielson, Kent State, Paul LaMastra ABC: A Gun in the House: Jerrold L. Ludwig CBS: 1982 [11] A Piano for Mrs. Cimino‡ Rita Roland CBS: Mae West: George Jay Nicholson ABC: Missing Children: A Mother's Story: Byron 'Buzz ...
The 34th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 19, 1982. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC.It was hosted by John Forsythe and Marlo Thomas.. In its eighth and final season, Barney Miller finally won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, it had been nominated and lost the previous six seasons.