
Dissenting Opinion
This case was heard in the Charleston District Court in May 1951 by a panel of three Federal judges. The majority ruling was that “separate but equal” schools...

JFK's grades
This is John F. Kennedy's academic transcript from Harvard University, class of 1940.

Peace Corps volunteer and students
Pictured in this 1965 photograph are Roger Rhatton, 24, a Peace Corps volunteer from Bay Village, Ohio, and students in Tanganyika (now part of the nation of...

Portrait of a 20th-century Native American
Emma Sheppard attended the Cheyenne River School, on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in central South Dakota, when she was photographed on April 30, 1915. The...

School in Lincolnton
Monthly reports to the Freedmen's Bureau from its agents gave detailed progress reports on the state of education in local communities. African American communities...

School photos
These Chiracahua Apache students were photographed at the Carlisle Indian School, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania four months after their arrival. At Carlisle and other...

School photos…before
Upon arrival in 1886, these Chiracahua Apache students were photographed at the Carlisle Indian School, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. At Carlisle and other schools,...