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Thurgood Marshall, c. 1952

Portrait of Thurgood Marshall

Tags: baltimore, brown v. board, civil rights, dc, education, history, law, supreme court, washington

Mary Church Terrell, c. 1880

Portrait of Mary Church Terrell

Tags: civil rights, dc, education, history, segregation

Lucy Diggs Slowe

Portrait of Lucy Diggs Slowe

Tags: civil rights, dc, education, history, segregation, washington

Garnett Wilkinson, c.1933

Portrait of Garnett Wilkinson

Tags: civil rights, dc, education, history, segregation, washignton

Carter G. Woodson, 1948

Portrait of Carter G. Woodson

Tags: civil rights, dc, education, history, segregation, washington

Anna J. Cooper, c. 1930

Portrait of Anna J. Cooper

Tags: civil rights, dc, education, history, washington

Detail of the Nichols Avenue Elementary / Birney School Building

An image of the front detail of the Nichols Avenue Elementary school building.

Tags: anacostia, dc, education, history, segregation, Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School, ward 8, washington

Alexander Crummell Elementary School, Girls Entrance

An image of the Alexander Crummell Elementary School building showing the separate entrance for girls.

Tags: crummell, dc, education, history, segregation, trinidad, ward 5, washington

Robert and Mary Church Terrell House, 326 T Street, NW

The LeDroit home of Robert and Mary Church Terrell. Mary was a leader in the women's suffrage and civil rights movement, and Robert was an educator, school principal, and municipal court judge.

Tags: armstrong technical high school, dc, education, ledroit park, m street high school, segregation, shaw, superintendent, washington

Nichols Avenue Elementary / Birney School Site, 2427 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE

An image of Nichols Avenue Elementary in Anacostia.