NYSBA/LYC Brown v. Board of Education

A Classroom in Nashville After Integration, 1957

miss mary brent's school

While many schools throughout the south were confronted with protesters attempting to prevent integration, Miss Mary Brent, principal of the previously all white Glenn Elementary School in Nashville greets black and white students, without incident, on the first day of school.

Online Resource: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-aftermath.html

Credit: New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection