Nathalie James: Parents Lead on Desegregation

ID: 129 ~ Source: Havre de Grace Colored School Museum and Cultural Center ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: October 26, 2019

This file appears in: The A. Dwight Pettit Story & Student Desegregation in Harford County

Harford Civil Rights Project

In this 2019 oral history clip, Nathalie James discusses how her parents recognized the unequal quality of her segregated education and sought desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s. [Interviewer: James Karmel, Harford Community College]

This file appears in: The A. Dwight Pettit Story & Student Desegregation in Harford County

The A. Dwight Pettit Story & Student Desegregation in Harford County

By James Karmel

In 1958, George S. Pettit had a problem. Pettit was a scientist who worked for the U.S. Army based at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland. The Pettit family had recently moved to Aberdeen from Baltimore County and included 8th grader Alvin…