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The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County The Process Integration actually began in the summer of 1955, when a few black students enrolled in summer school at […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County Reactions  In 1954, the population of Montgomery County was only 6% black, with the majority living in long-established communities up-county.  […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County One Year Later                           Headlines from a series of […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County Desegregation Declared The public school system was declared desegregated in 1961, although admittedly there were still several all-white schools.  Black […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County Rosemary Hills The 1970s were a turbulent time in MCPS history.  A generally declining school-age population resulted in the closure […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County Montgomery Blair High School  Montgomery Blair High School, originally the Takoma Park-Silver Spring High School, opened its Wayne Avenue building […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County Preserving School History Only a few of the old Rosenwald schools, and even fewer of the smaller one-room buildings, from […]

African American History: Online Exhibits  Scotland Photo Gallery, 1966-1970  This photo gallery is comprised of images from the community of Scotland in the late 1960s, at that time an all-African-American community of […]

The Effects of Brown vs. The Board of Education in Montgomery County Gibbs vs. Board of Education In 1936, with the backing of the local chapter of the NAACP and Maryland State […]

Resources to Explore Montgomery County’s Suburban Past & Present Are Available Online!  The Steering Committee of the Mary Kay Harper Center for Suburban Studies is pleased to announce the new […]