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During the civil rights era, Black teachers were valued members of the community and often taught generations of family members.
Americans’ collective memory of school desegregation involves crowds of screaming white protesters. But less well known are the whites who stood by quietly, and those who approved of the changes.
A local nonprofit hopes to preserve the heritage of the historic Garnet High School building, 422 Dickinson St. in Charleston, West Virginia. Don Epps is leading the board that is keeping alive the history of the formerly segregated school.
The Midwest provides a lens for larger patterns of racial division across the country.
Community members are working to preserve the history of the old Lutherville Colored School No. 24.