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  • Collection: A Message of Inclusion, A History of Exclusion: Racial Injustice at the Peabody Institute

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This statement on student dissent was recorded in the Board of Trustees Minutes on June 13, 1968. The statement came after a time of unrest in Baltimore following the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Audrey Cyrus McCallum was the first African-American student to enroll at the Peabody Preparatory, and this is a program from what was likely her first recital at Peabody.

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This page from the 1940-1941 Peabody Preparatory Daybook lists recipients of Carnegie Scholarships. Students from Douglass High School, a black high school before integration, are listed separately from the students enrolled at other Preparatory…

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This is a list of courses, scholarships, and branch schools at the Peabody Preparatory. In this list, “DHS” represents Douglass High School.

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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…

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Roster including a list of students, teachers, and other details for the 1924-1925 "Colored Teachers' Class."

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Criticism cards from students’ performances in the 1925 pedagogy class for African-American music teachers.

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Roster including a list of students, teachers, and other details for the 1925-1926 "Colored Teachers' Class."

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Criticism cards from students’ performances in the 1926 pedagogy class for African-American music teachers.
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