Contemporary Aberdeen High School

ID: 208 ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: 2021

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

Contemporary Aberdeen High School — Harford Civil Rights Project

This image depicts Aberdeen High School with 21st Century renovations. The school is in the same location as when A. Dwight Pettit attended from 1960 to 1963.

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…