John Davis leads his son away from Noyes Elementary School after being refused admission, February 1944.

ID: 4204 ~ Source: Star Collection, DC Public Library, © Washington Post

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - John P. Davis and Equal Education Now!

John Davis leads his son away from Noyes Elementary School after being refused admission, February 1944.

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - John P. Davis and Equal Education Now!

Civil Rights Tour: Education - John P. Davis and Equal Education Now!

In February 1944 former National Negro Congress leader John P. Davis attempted to enroll his five-year-old son Michael at Noyes Elementary School in his Brookland neighborhood and was turned away. Although approximately 100 elementary school-aged…