“High Court Voids School Segregation, Upsets ‘Separate But Equal’ Doctrine.”

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“High Court Voids School Segregation, Upsets ‘Separate But Equal’ Doctrine.”

Plaintiffs Barbara (left) and Adrienne Jennings, with their mother, read about the landmark Bolling v. Sharpe and Brown v. Board of Education decisions, which ended public school segregation in D.C. and nationwide.

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Built by DC’s Alley Dwelling Authority in 1942-1943, Barry Farm is historically significant as a center of Black activism in the 1960s. Named for original owner James Barry, a Washington city merchant and councilman who purchased the land in the…