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title: School Integration, Washington, D.C.
author: Thomas J. O'Halloran
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21920/school-integration-washington-dc/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2026-07-06
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# School Integration, Washington, D.C.
_Authored by Thomas J. O'Halloran_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21920.jpg)
## Image Caption
School integration in Washington, D.C., photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, 27 May 1955.
Depicted here in the foreground are a line of Black and White school girls while boys seated behind look on. The Supreme Court of the United State's landmark decision in *Brown v. Board of Education* (1954) declared racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment, paving the way for integration.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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## License & Copyright
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