School Desegregation (11 results)

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Condition: Very Good. 42 pp, issued as 86th Congress, 1st Session, HR 956; light general age toning but still a very good copy in self wrappers; comments on a bill to strengthen the penal law with respect to the obstruction of court orders in public school desegregation cases . - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.…

Black Power School photograph, 1967, documents community education for Black children in Nashville during the city's transition from the integration campaigns of the early Civil Rights Movement toward Black Power programs emphasizing Black history, political education, and community self-determination. Nashville had begun gradual public-school desegregation in 1957, but integration remained incomplete a decade later. During the summer of 1967, the North Nashville Student Summer Project operated a "liberation school" whose Black teachers offered instruction in mathematics, science, humanities, civics, and Black history; after controversy over its Black Power curriculum led to its removal from St. Anselm's Episcopal Chapel and suspension of the larger summer project in August, classes continued for a time on Saturdays in nearby Watkins Park. The photograph's August 16, 1967 filing date and press caption recording a "Black Power School" meeting in a Nashville park place the image within this specific period of conflict over Black-controlled education in the city. Original silver gelatin press photograph, 8 x 10 in., Nashville, Tennessee, 1967. Twelve African American children and youths sit together on a park bench while several adults stand behind them; white reporters and members of the press gather nearby, recording the outdoor class as a news event. Typed press caption pasted to the verso reads: "Black Power School holds classes in a park in Nashville, Tenn." An original press filing stamp on the verso is dated August 16, 1967. The presence of reporters is particularly relevant to the photograph's immediate context: earlier that month, testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee alleging that Nashville's liberation school taught racial hatred had generated national press coverage, while its organizers defended Black Power education as an assertion of Black self-determination rather than racial hostility. The image records children receiving instruction outside a conventional school building while journalists observe, preserving both the educational activity itself and the intense press attention directed toward Black Power organizing in Nashville in 1967. That year also saw Stokely Carmichael speak at Tennessee State University in April, followed the next day by a confrontation between Black students and police that resulted in injuries and more than forty arrests, placing debates over Black Power, policing, and racial inequality at the center of Nashville public life. Original press caption, filing stamp, and pencil annotations on verso. Approximately 1 x 1½ in. area of surface damage and loss at lower left corner; otherwise very good condition.…

[Education][Integration] Los Angeles public school panoramic photographs (1965-1968), showcasing racial integration and diversity in East Los Angeles during the Civil Rights era. Created at a time of expanding desegregation efforts and increased visibility of Chicano and Sansei Japanese identity in urban California, the images provide direct visual evidence of multiracial student populations in a major West Coast school system. Three panoramic silver gelatin photographs showing Hollenbeck Junior High School Classes of 1965 and 1967 and Roosevelt High School Class of 1968. Los Angeles, California, 1965-1968. The large-format images, measuring between 25 x 8 inches and 28 x 8 inches, present hundreds of students arranged in traditional panoramic format on school grounds. The Roosevelt High School Class of 1968 photograph includes a visibly diverse cohort of Latino, Black, Asian American, and white students in graduation attire, distributed throughout the composition without apparent segregation by race. The Hollenbeck Junior High photographs similarly depict multiethnic student groups, with period dress including uniform-style dresses, collared shirts, ties, and sweaters. The versos of the 1965 and 1967 Hollenbeck prints contain numerous handwritten inscriptions from classmates, including signatures and messages such as "Good luck in the B-10" and other personal notes. The presence of Spanish surnames, including Roberta Noriega, situates the photographs within the predominantly Mexican American community of East Los Angeles and documents peer networks within that setting. These photographs correspond to a period preceding the 1968 East Los Angeles student walkouts, when Mexican American students protested educational inequality, making them materially relevant to the study of pre-activist conditions within these schools. The integrated compositions and inscriptions together document both institutional structure and interpersonal relationships, offering layered evidence of how students experienced race, identity, and belonging within public education. Light surface creasing and minor soiling to versos; images remain sharp with strong contrast and minor edge wear, no losses. Overall very good condition. A visual record of multiracial student life in East Los Angeles.…