Racially Integrated Class of 3rd Grade Students, 1938
Original Photo
[African American] [Education] Integrated, multi-racial 3rd grade class. Original silver gelatin print photograph. 1938. Class photograph with 29 students and 2 adults posed on steps in front of a brick school building. 5 x 7 in. Of the students, 26 children are African-American and 3 are white. The adults who stand in the back row — one man and one woman—were likely the class teacher (identified on the photo verso as Miss Korrine Kemp) and the school Principal. This photo was taken just 16 years before the historic Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed racial segregation in public schools in the US. Handwritten on verso: “Miss Korrine Kemp. 3rd Grade - 1938”. Original stamp on verso from photo studio: “Photo by Carl J. Pierce / McCrory’s Bldg.” In very good condition.Item #17125
Price: $145.00
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