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- Collection: A Message of Inclusion, A History of Exclusion: Racial Injustice at the Peabody Institute
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Carnegie Scholarships 1942-1943
After several years of listing Douglass High School students separately from students enrolled at other Preparatory campuses, the title was changed to “Negro Schools.” This makes it clear that these students were separated in this categorization…
Choir Rehearsal in North Hall
Students in the Summer Youth Project participate in a choir rehearsal in North Hall (now Leith Symington Griswold Hall).
Correspondence about Conservatory Branch at Douglass High School
In January of 1954, Reginald Stewart mentioned the idea of opening a branch of the Conservatory at Douglass High School for African-American students. Peabody President William Marbury, Preparatory Dean Leah Thorpe, and Baltimore City School…
Correspondence between Katherine J. Lane and Reginald Stewart
Reginald Stewart received this inquiry from Katherine J. Lane regarding the Preparatory’s policies on accepting African-American students. He then wrote to William Marbury saying, “This is obviously a test letter. I should like to have your opinion…
Correspondence between Kenneth Hjelmervik and Virginia Carty
The same week that Brown v. Board of Education was decided, Kenneth Hjelmervik, Director of Music Education in the Baltimore Public Schools, wrote to Virginia Carty asking for help accommodating several African-American students in need of a teacher.…
Correspondence between Leah Thorpe and Charles Kent
Correspondence between Conservatory Director Charles Kent and Preparatory Dean Leah Thorpe concerning hiring an African-American Preparatory faculty member.
Correspondence between Maurice Diggs and Mary Evans
These letters between Maurice Diggs, an African-American music teacher, and Peabody Preparatory representative Mary Evans address the decision to offer the 1925-26 music class for African-American music teachers for no fee.
Correspondence regarding Letter from President Kennedy
In the summer of 1963, President Kennedy sent a letter to schools across the country requesting a report on their implementation of non-discriminatory admission policies. William Marbury, Charles Kent, and U.S. Commissioner of Education Francis…
Dedication of the Peabody Institute
Photograph of the grand opening of the Peabody Institute in 1866.
Discrimination in Administrative Policies correspondence
In 1952, Conservatory Dean Virginia Carty received a letter from Walter E. Hager, President of Wilson Teachers College in Washington, D.C., as a follow up to a 1950 Regional Conference on Discrimination in College Administration. Hager asked for a…