Physical fitness
In 1956, in order to promote physical fitness among American children, President Eisenhower created the President's Council on Youth Fitness. When John F. Kennedy...
Practical education
Students conduct physics experiments at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, ca. 1915. The school, the first of the off-reservation...
Remarks on schools
Freedmen’s Bureau agents were required to submit reports on educational efforts in the locations where they were assigned. Reports on schools for Freedmen often...
Segregating Children
In violation of the Texas state constitution and education laws as outlined in this booklet, Corpus Christi segregated children with Spanish surnames without...
“Separate but equal” struck down
On May 17, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered this unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of...
Separate is not equal
On May 17, 1954, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that separate but equal public schools violated the 14th...
Student information card for Jim Thorpe
This student information card records basic data about a student, Jim Thorpe, who attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The card provides the name of...