1922Stephen Cannada Harward born1960Actions
Wheeler v. Durham City Board of
Education and
Spaulding v. Durham City Board of
Education filed for disestablishment of separate segregated school
systems in the Durham city school system 1963Action
Thompson v. Durham County Board of
Education filed for desegregation of Durham County Administrative
School Unit Wheeler, Spaulding, and Thompson suits consolidatedFederal court ordered Durham city schools to adopt
freedom-of-choice desegregation plan19631975Harward served on Durham City School Board1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act passed as part of
President Johnson's "War on Poverty"Durham County schools began desegregation under
freedom-of-choice plan1966Court approved Durham City School Board freedom-of-choice
plan1969Following
Green v. School Board of New Kent
County and
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of
Education decisions, the Federal Court of Appeals directed the
abandonment of freedom-of-choice plan and the implementation of a geographic
zoning plan for desegregation of Durham County schools1970The corresponding mandate was made for Durham city
schools1971Proposed merger of Durham city and county school systems
rejected by two-thirds majority19721974Harward served as Duke University Treasurer1992Durham city and county school districts merged into Durham
Public School district1993Death of HarwardFrom the guide to the Stephen C. Harward Papers, bulk, 1949-1975 and undated, 1963-1975, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)