Baltimore white students and parents protest integration: 1954
A white mob opposed to desegregation gathers outside Southern High School in Baltimore, Maryland on either October 1 or October 4, 1954 following implementation of the U.S. Supreme Court decision barring segregation earlier in the spring.
Hundreds of white students and supporters opposed to the admittance of black students rallied outside Southern High School in south Baltimore October 1, 1954 on the first day of school desegregation.
The mob attacked four black students and one black student was beaten as they left school. Another part of the mob attempted to overturn a police car. Later a school bus was stoned.
Out of the 1780 students at Southern, only 36 were African American.
Picketing took place at five other schools. The demonstrations at Southern resumed October 4th when upwards of 2,000 marched throughout the city demanding that African American students continue to be barred from attending white schools.
In a separate rally of 500 people at the Ritchie Raceway by the National Association for the Advancement of White People, Bryant Bowles urged all Baltimore residents to keep their children out of school.
The boycott was briefly effective, but was all but over within a week.
The school system had about 140,000 students at that time—85,000 white and 55,000 black. The initial modest desegregation occurred at 52 of the city’s 190 schools.
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The photographer is unknown. Courtesy of Baltimorecitypolicehistory.com
Baltimore white students and parents protest integration: 1954
A white mob opposed to desegregation gathers outside Southern High School in Baltimore, Maryland on either October 1 or October 4, 1954 following implementation of the U.S. Supreme Court decision barring segregation earlier in the spring.
Hundreds of white students and supporters opposed to the admittance of black students rallied outside Southern High School in south Baltimore October 1, 1954 on the first day of school desegregation.
The mob attacked four black students and one black student was beaten as they left school. Another part of the mob attempted to overturn a police car. Later a school bus was stoned.
Out of the 1780 students at Southern, only 36 were African American.
Picketing took place at five other schools. The demonstrations at Southern resumed October 4th when upwards of 2,000 marched throughout the city demanding that African American students continue to be barred from attending white schools.
In a separate rally of 500 people at the Ritchie Raceway by the National Association for the Advancement of White People, Bryant Bowles urged all Baltimore residents to keep their children out of school.
The boycott was briefly effective, but was all but over within a week.
The school system had about 140,000 students at that time—85,000 white and 55,000 black. The initial modest desegregation occurred at 52 of the city’s 190 schools.
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHskquzhMu
The photographer is unknown. Courtesy of Baltimorecitypolicehistory.com