Italy Overton's Letter to the Editor
This file appears in: Rise of the Teachers and Students: Full Desegregation Finally
Italy Overton was a prominent civil rights leader of the time in Harford County. He served in various leadership capacities in the local NAACP chapter. This is his letter to the editor of the Havre de Grace Record blasting the district for the slow pace of student integration and the unequal treatment of black teachers in Harford County Public Schools.
This file appears in: Rise of the Teachers and Students: Full Desegregation Finally
Rise of the Teachers and Students: Full Desegregation Finally
The actions of parents and students to force desegregation of American schools are a famous story of the civil rights era. The Brown vs. Board of Education case (1954), for example or the desegregation of high schools in Little Rock, Arkansas were…