HCPS letter of rejection in Pettit case

ID: 40 ~ Source: Patrick Spicer, "Decade of Delay: the Desegregation of Harford County Public Schools - Part I," Harford Historical Bulletin (105) Winter/Spring 2007. ~ Creator: National Archives ~ Date: August 1959

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

This is the letter from Harford County Public Schools sent in August 1959 to George Pettit, father of A. Dwight Pettit. The letter informed Mr. Pettit that the district rejected the Pettits' request to transfer based on advice of the "professional committee."

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…