Doctor Anyim Palmer
Dr. Anyim C. Palmer is one of the most innovative, resourceful
educators of his time. Dr. Anyim has taken his vision and created a
model for educating children that can be used to address the American
educational crisis.
Dr. Anyim attended James E. Guinn Elementary and I.M. Terrel High School in Fort Worth, Texas. After high school he enrolled in Temple University in Philadelphia. He left the South and ventured to California.
For the next 14 years he amassed a plethora of degrees and teaching
credentials while simultaneously working full time. From AA degree in
1960 from L.A. City College to his Doctorate in Secondary Educational
Administration & Political Science in 1972 from Claremont Graduate
School,
Dr. Anyim turned specialized knowledge into extraordinary academic
performance.
In 1975, while still a tenured professor in the Pan African Studies Department at California State University, Dr. Anyim started Marcus Garvey School with his life savings, the sum of twenty thousand dollars.
For 29 years, Marcus Garvey School has unequivocally stood as
testimony to the incredible achievements of it's founder, Dr. Anyim
Palmer. The school has received national acclaim for it's academic
achievements. Scholars, politicians, educators, and journalist, from
around the nation have
come to witness the incredible academic fetes performed by Marcus Garvey
students.