Records of the Pittsburgh School Desegregation Project, 1970-1983 (bulk 1978-1983).

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Records of the Pittsburgh School Desegregation Project, 1970-1983 (bulk 1978-1983).

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The records contain copies of the class-action suit, as well as local newspaper articles concerning desegregation from years 1978 to 1983. Newsletters from October 1978 to June 1979, contain the most helpful information for the chronology of events, and attitudes. The newsletters were written by Helen Seager. The last copy of the newsletter in June of 1979 stated that the next newsletter would occur in mid-September 1979. However, it either wasn't written, or wasn't part of the existing records. The records show the active involvement of the local union of Black Christian churches. Many of the records are reference works and journal articles used in preparation of the civil case.

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University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh

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American Civil Liberty Foundation. Pittsburgh Chapter.

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Pittsburgh School Desegregation Project (Pa.)

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The Pittsburgh chapter of the American Civil Liberty Foundation disagreed with the plan for desegregation in Pittsburgh's schools based on the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. On September 28, 1978, Carletta Washington et al. filed a class-action suit against the School District of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Board of Education, and the Superintendent of Schools. The suit required the defendants to develop a local plan for system-wide desegregation of city schools. The suit alleged that the scho...

Pittsburgh Board of Public Education (Pa.)

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Dorothy Albert was born to Russian immigrants on February 25, 1908, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1928 with an A.B. degree from the University of Pittsburgh, she became an English teacher at Taylor Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill. In March, 1950, she was denounced as a communist by FBI informant Matthew Cvetic during a hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Her name was published along with many other alleged area communists in the Pittsburgh newspa...