Desegregation of Pennsylvania Schools
N 41° 37.810 W 080° 09.196
17T E 570529 N 4609061
Marker in front of an elementary school - DO NOT VISIT DURING SCHOOL HOURS !!!!!
Waymark Code: WMT0E
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2006
Views: 34
DO NOT VISIT DURING SCHOOL HOURS !!!!!
DO NOT VISIT DURING SCHOOL HOURS !!!!!
DO NOT VISIT DURING SCHOOL HOURS !!!!!
Marker Text:
An event here in September 1880 led to the end of segregation by race in the state's public schools. At the South Ward schools, Elias Allen tried unsuccessfully to enroll his two children. He appealed to the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas, and Judge Pearson Church declared unconstitutional the 1854 state law mandating separate schools for Negro children. This law was amended, effective July 4, 1881, to prohibit such segregation.
Marker Name: Desegregation of Pennsylvania Schools
County: Crawford
Date Dedicated: 05/12/2000
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: S. Main St., The Second District School, Meadville
Category: Education, African American
Website: Not listed
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