Council Member Frank Smith speaks at a rally for the children's clinic at Morgan School. The clinic survives at Marie Reed Elementary School and Recreation Center.

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This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Morgan Community School
Council Member Frank Smith speaks at a rally for the children's clinic at Morgan School. The clinic survives at Marie Reed Elementary School and Recreation Center.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - Morgan Community School

Morgan School, which stood at 18th and California streets until 1977 (now occupied by the soccer field at Marie Reed Recreation Center), stood as a symbol of the success that this mostly Black community achieved in its fight to manage its own…