Desegregation

What Is Desegregation?

Desegregation is when they ended the dual system of African American children and White children being separated in schools. Segregation was put in place after the freedom of enslaved persons to wrongfully separate Blacks and whites.

Brown vs. Board of Education

Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, was a decision made by the Supreme Court that stated all US laws that established racial segregation was unconstitutional, and unfair to the Black community.

Following this decision, African American students were integrated into white schools, where all races would learn together.

St. Mary's County NAACP

Once the branch was approved in 1946, members immediately gathered to discuss how to improve the bad conditions of the St. Mary's County Public "Colored" Schools. (During the time of school segregation the schools for African American students were called "Colored" Schools.)

A documentary about the desegregation of Great Mills High School by Merideth Taylor.

Desegregation of Great Mills High School

This video shows the integration of Black students in the previously all white Great Mills High School. The desegregation process was supported by the St. Mary's County NAACP.

Visit the Interpretive Center at John G. Lancaster Park in Lexington Park, MD. Make sure to check out the exhibit called "Remember the Past, and Look to the Future".

This book was written by local scholars that identifies the African American history in St. Mary's County Schools.

Maryland State Curriculum

5th Grade, Unit 3 Contesting, Upholding, and Redefining Freedom

Analyzing methods used by individuals and/or groups throughout the 20th century to contribute to the advancement of Civil Rights for all people
Exploring how federal law, Constitutional amendments and the Supreme Court have extended and protected Civil Rights
- Write/talk/draw about how you might have felt attending schools during desegregation. Teachers have the option to make it a writing exercise (journal prompt). Step into a role they are already a student. Teachers can specify how they want to engage their classroom.

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