Cardozo High School when it was Central High School, south elevation, 1910-1920

ID: 4124 ~ Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (Harris & Ewing Collection)

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Central for Cardozo: 1200 Clifton Street NW

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Central for Cardozo: 1200 Clifton Street NW

Civil Rights Tour: Education - Central for Cardozo: 1200 Clifton Street NW

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…