Gardner Bishop, father of a student at Browne and leader of the Consolidated Parent Group, and other parents demonstrate at Blow Elementary School

ID: 3745 ~ Source: The Pittsburgh Courier Collection, Courtesy of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Browne Junior High, the Fight for School Desegregation

Gardner Bishop, father of a student at Browne and leader of the Consolidated Parent Group, and other parents demonstrate at Blow Elementary School

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Browne Junior High, the Fight for School Desegregation

Civil Rights Tour: Education - Browne Junior High, the Fight for School Desegregation

Carr’s school, Browne Junior High, had been built in 1932 for 888 students, but by 1941 it held close to twice that number. With class sizes ranging from 50 to 58 students, it was cited as the most overcrowded of the city’s public schools. The…