The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in favor of Shaw urban renewal, Cardozo High School, March 12, 1967

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This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Central for Cardozo
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in favor of Shaw urban renewal, Cardozo High School, March 12, 1967
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Central for Cardozo

When the building that houses Cardozo High School was first constructed in 1914-1916, it was called Central High School and for the next thirty-five years was open to white students only. Then in 1950 city residents mobilized to demand that…