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Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change

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Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change (52009650149)
Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change (52009650149)

Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change is a public middle and high school in New York City serving grades 6 to 12. It is named for United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. The school is at 200-214 W 135th Street in Harlem. The school opened in 1993 with Harriet Pitts as principal.The school's student body is 70 percent African American and 26 percent Hispanic. About 70 percent are from economically disadvantaged families.After moving four times in its first 11 years, it moved into a new $38 million 6-story 90,000 square foot school building in 2004. Thurgood Marshall's wife Cecilia Marshall was among the dignitaries to attend opening ceremonies for the new school building.Calvin Butts III and the Abyssinian Development Corporation (ADC) were involved in founding the school.Retailer Burlington helped fund a 2017 renovation of the school's library. In 2017, a teacher at the school was charged with assault after allegedly grabbing a 17-year-old female student by the neck.

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Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change
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Smalls Paradise
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Smalls Paradise (often called Small's Paradise and Smalls' Paradise, and not to be confused with Smalls Jazz Club), was a nightclub in Harlem, New York City. Located in the basement of 2294 Seventh Avenue at 134th Street, it opened in 1925 and was owned by Ed Smalls (né Edwin Alexander Smalls; 1882–1976). At the time of the Harlem Renaissance, Smalls Paradise was the only one of the well-known Harlem night clubs to be owned by an African-American and integrated. Other major Harlem night clubs admitted only white patrons unless the person was an African-American celebrity. The entertainment at Smalls Paradise was not limited to the stage; waiters danced the Charleston or roller-skated as they delivered orders to customers. Waiters were also known to vocalize during the club's floor shows. Unlike most of the Harlem clubs which closed between 3 and 4 am, Smalls was open all night, offering a breakfast dance which featured a full floor show beginning at 6 am. After 23 years as the owner of the night club, Ed Smalls sold the club to Tommy Smalls (no relation) in 1955. It was later owned by Harlem businessman Pete McDougal and Wilt Chamberlain, and renamed Big Wilt's Smalls Paradise. Many well known musicians, both white and African-American, appeared at the club over the years and often came to Smalls after their evening engagements to jam with the Smalls Paradise band. The club was responsible for promoting popular dances such as the Charleston, the Madison and the Twist. Smalls Paradise was the longest-operating club in Harlem before it closed in 1986. The building has been the site of Thurgood Marshall Academy since 2004.