In December 1947, parents joined forces as the Consolidated Parent Group to fight the inferior conditions at Browne Junior High School

ID: 3743 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives, Howard University, Washington DC

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Browne Junior High, the Fight for School Desegregation: 850 26th Street NE

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Browne Junior High, the Fight for School Desegregation: 850 26th Street NE

Civil Rights Tour: Education - Browne Junior High, the Fight for School Desegregation: 850 26th Street NE

By DC Historic Preservation Office

Marguerite Daisy Carr was only 13 years old in 1947 when she found herself at the center of a legal battle over equal education.