Shirley Rose: Resiliency in Desegregation
This file appears in: The A. Dwight Pettit Story & Student Desegregation in Harford County
In this 2016 oral history clip, educator Shirley Rose discusses resiliency and determination as important factors in overcoming segregation and being successful in desegregated Harford County public schools in the 1960s. [Interviewer: James Karmel, Harford Community College and Harford Voices]
This file appears in: The A. Dwight Pettit Story & Student Desegregation in Harford County
The A. Dwight Pettit Story & Student Desegregation in Harford County
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…