Summary:
When the story of the real-life Marva Collins was nationally telecast on 60 Minutes in 1979, residents of Chicago had been intimately familiar with the accomplishments of Ms. Collins for at least four years. After 14 years of teaching in Chicago's dead-end public school system, Marva used 5000 of her retirement money to open her own school. In 1975 she established Westside Preparator... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Ed Asner - (Narrator)
Dianne Kirksey - (Cynthia Rawls)
Jimmie F. Skaggs - (Chester Boland)
Cicely Tyson - (Marva Collins)
Marsha Warfield - (Lela Boland)
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