Aberdeen High School in 1963

ID: 209 ~ Source: Aberdeen Room Archives & Museum, Inc. ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: 1963

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

This image depicts Aberdeen High School from the 1963 school yearbook Arrivederci.

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…