Photograph of Protestors Picketing at the Entrance to the Booker T. Washington School on Eleventh Street, Portsmouth, Ohio (1964)
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The original photograph, entitled "Pickets Walk in Protest at Negro School," appeared in the Portsmouth Daily Times on 5 September 1962, and marks a critical turning point in the integration of the Booker T. Washington School in Portsmouth, Ohio. The newspaper image has been superimposed upon a more recent photograph of the school, which was taken by Andrew Feight, Ph.D.
This file appears in: Booker T. Washington School on Eleventh Street: Public Education and Racial Segregation in Portsmouth, Ohio
Booker T. Washington School on Eleventh Street: Public Education and Racial Segregation in Portsmouth, Ohio
Portsmouth City Schools opened their first segregated facility for African American students in 1859, marking the first time that black residents were able to receive a public education. The school…