- Collection:
- With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
- Title:
- Reading lesson in African American elementary school in Washington, D.C.
- Creator:
- Collins, Marjory, 1912-1985
- Date of Original:
- 1942
- Subject:
- African American children--Washington (D.C.)
African American students--Washington (D.C.)
African American teachers--Washington (D.C.)
Segregation in education--United States
Education, Elementary--Washington (D.C.)
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century
Reading (Elementary)--Washington (D.C.) - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This photograph, taken by Marjory Collins in 1942, depicts young African American students and their teacher in a Washington, D.C. classroom. They appear to be participating in a guided reading lesson. A young girl stands before her class and reads aloud.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_evenhand_br0057cs
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/images/br0057Cs-th.jpg
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection, Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
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