DC’s schools were strictly segregated until the Brown v. Board decision of 1954. Hugh Price was one of the first Black students to integrate Taft Junior High School that September. He went on to a remarkable career.
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Little Isabel Wall was kicked out of the Brookland School in 1909. Whether she was white or black was a question that roiled the neighborhood.
Two extraordinary women of color lived at 1256 Kearny Street during the 1920s and 30s. This is their story.
Bygone Brookland 