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Integration at DC private schools: 1954

An African American student stands in a classroom at St. Dominics High School May 18, 1954 in Washington, D.C.

 

The parochial school system in the city was integrated long before the public schools. The photo was taken in the wake of the Bolling v. Sharpe decision that outlawed segregation in the District’s public schools.

 

For more information and related images, see www.flickr.com/gp/washington_area_spark/564wW3

 

Read the story of of DC desegregation from the pickets to the courts: washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2015/08/20/dcs-fighting-bar...

 

The photographer is unknown. The image is an auction find.

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Uploaded on August 17, 2015
Taken on May 18, 1954