newspaper report on Pettit victory

ID: 38 ~ Source: ProQuest Baltimore Afro-American digital archive via the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore, Maryland ~ Creator: Harford Civil Rights Project ~ Date: June 4, 1960

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

Baltimore Afro-American report on A. Dwight Pettit's victory in federal court over the Harford County Public Schools. The ruling allowed him to transfer into Aberdeen High School from Havre de Grace Consolidated School.

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…