Integration

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Integration

Entry/Object ID

9999.BHF.289

Scope and Content

Integration Alonzo Weston wrote his article on white principal brought all-black school fairly into integration. Dolores Gex was offered a school principals' job at Horace Mann. She was white. She took on the position in the middle of the civil rights movement. Some people had a fear and uncertainty that a white teacher could be fair to black students and she was an outsider to the community. Alonzo had not seen her for several years. When his grandmother died in 1972, he opened the door one day and there she stood. She came by to offer her condolences. St. Joseph News-Press September 20, 1966 there is an article about Negroes in 16 of the 29 public schools This account was made at the insistence of Dr. John E. Ervin of Washington University, St. Louis, a member of the Missouri advisory board working with the United States commission on civil rights. This despite a Presidential directive that the board of education keep no record of students by race. St. Joseph News-Press June 7, 1954 Negroes are admitted to J. C. Classes. Five were enrolled as segregation ends. In this folder you will find the script for Panel of American Women program 1964. Fair accommodations: Presented to community groups: Participants Dorthea Polsky; Betty Mallan; Edith Brown; Nancy Sandehn; Anne Gray; Elaine Guenther. Title of newspaper column is Would Close Lincoln School as New Step Toward Integration. There are only 21 students left at that school. The students will be transferred to schools nearest their homes.

Collection

Black Archives

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Segregation, School integration

Search Terms

Black History

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

File, Folder

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 10, 2013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Edith Brown

Person or Organization

Dr. John E. Ervin

Person or Organization

Mrs. Dolores Gex (Mrs. W. Brooking Gex)

Person or Organization

Anne Gray

Person or Organization

Elaine Guenther

Person or Organization

Betty Mallan

Person or Organization

Dorthea Polsky

Person or Organization

Nancy Sandehn

Person or Organization

Weston, Alonzo