D.C.'s Own "Brown vs Board"
Ask most people what Supreme Court case ended public school segregation and (perhaps after checking their smartphone) they will say, “Brown vs. Board of Education.” That is would be correct… for most...
View ArticleIt Happened Here First: Arlington Students Integrate Virginia Schools
On February 2, 1959, Stratford Junior High School (now H-B Woodlawn High School) in Arlington was the first public school in Virginia to be integrated. That morning, four African American seventh...
View ArticleDr. Anna J. Cooper: MVP of D.C. Education
In the early 1900s, Dr. Anna J. Cooper, eschewed inherently racist notions that education for African American students should be solely vocational. Pursuing more classical studies, she pushed her...
View ArticleLocal Activists, Backed by District’s Black Churches, Led the Fight for DC...
The history of school desegregation in the District is rooted in civil disobedience. The story is one of a grassroots organization of parents that challenged the institution of legalized segregation to...
View ArticleAfter Bolling: School Desegregation in DC
Most chronologies of the fight for school desegregation often leave off at the Supreme Court decision, a nice bow-on-top finish to a long struggle against segregation, but in reality, the process of...
View ArticleCharles Hamilton Houston and His Civil Rights Brain Trust
Charles Hamilton Houston is referred to as the "architect" of the civil rights movement. Before helping the Consolidated Parent Group kickoff their legal case, Houston built up the Howard University...
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