Georgia--Fulton County
Correspondence
School superintendents
School integration
Paul D. West
A. Turner McDonald
Description
This correspondence is a letter from Fulton County Director of Public Works, A. Turner McDonald, following the publishing of a cartoon depicting the superintendent, U.S. Congressman Fletcher Thompson, 5th District and a representative of the federal governments's Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
Creator
Superintendent Paul D. West, A. Turner McDonald, Atlanta Constitution (Clifford "Baldy" Baldowski)
Publisher
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
Date
1969
Rights
Letter, no restrictions. Cartoon, In Copyright FCS Archives does not hold the copyright to material published by the Atlanta Constitution. Rights for use and reproduction are the responsibility of the researcher.
Georgia--Fulton County
School integration
Choice plan
Choice of school form
Description
After the Civil Right Act of 1964 was signed, the federal government began enforcing the Brown v. Board decision of 1954, which ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional. In response, the Fulton County Board of Education instituted a Choice Plan to integrate the schools. Under this plan, students and parents could choose which school they wanted to attend.
Correspondence, Harvey Findley to Superintendent Paul D. West, 1969
Subject
Georgia--Fulton County
Correspondence
Georgia General Assembly
History of American Negro Study Committee
African American students--Books and reading
School superintendents
Paul D. West
Harvey Findley
Description
This letter was part of a survey conducted by the Georgia General Assembly to request information from local school administrators regarding the "advisability" of teaching Black History in public schools.
Creator
Harvey D. Findley, Research Director (for Legislative Services Committee of the Ga. General Assembly)
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In 1914, 43 schools (about half the system) were located five miles or more from the city center of Atlanta - and were thus considered rural.
The change to a 7-month school year came toward the end of an evolution in the school schedules that began with a 3-month term in 1871 when the system was first established. By the early 20th century, most schools had adopted the 9-month term that closely resembles the present school calendar; however, in rural areas, where school-aged children had responsibilities on family farms, schedules revolved around planting and harvesting seasons.]]>2021-04-13T10:14:49-04:00
Dublin Core
Title
E.C. Merry "To the Patrons of our Rural Schools," 1914
Subject
Georgia--Fulton County
Progressive Era education
School superintendents
School year
Edwin C. Merry
Description
Superintendent Edwin C. Merry served as the Fulton County Schools Superintendent from 1908 to 1917.
In 1914, 43 schools (about half the system) were located five miles or more from the city center of Atlanta - and were thus considered rural.
The change to a 7-month school year came toward the end of an evolution in the school schedules that began with a 3-month term in 1871 when the system was first established. By the early 20th century, most schools had adopted the 9-month term that closely resembles the present school calendar; however, in rural areas, where school-aged children had responsibilities on family farms, schedules revolved around planting and harvesting seasons.
Mary Jones Hughie to Kathleen Mitchell, September 2, 1939
Subject
Georgia--Fulton County
Correspondence
Photograph collections
Teacher educators
Kathleen Mitchell
Mary Jones Hughie
Description
Kathleen Mitchell served in the Fulton County School System for over 40 years before retiring from her position as the district's Primary Supervisor the in 1939. Mary Hughie - teacher and principal at Cedar Grove School - sends her regards in September of that year, just as Mitchell resigns. Hughie holds the distinction of being a primary plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by a number of female teachers who seek to overturn a board policy that bans them from marrying while an employee. The case was settled in favor of the teachers nine months before this correspondence. Hughie is in the foreground of the photograph.
Statement Adopted by the Fulton County Board of Education at a Special Meeting, 1966
Subject
Georgia--Fulton County
Fulton County Board of Education
School integration
Choice plan
Description
This document outlines the opposing positions between the federal government's Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Fulton County Board of Education in the spring of 1966. At issue was the manner and the timeline in which the school system would implement its plan for desegregation.
Superintendent Paul D. West to Parents, Aug. 7, 1967
Subject
Georgia--Fulton County
Correspondence
School superintendents
School Integration
Choice plan
Paul D. West
Description
As part of the plan to integrate the Fulton County School System in the wake of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954, the Fulton County Board of Education settled on a plan to desegregate the system by allowing each student/parent to choose the school they wished to attend.
University of Georgia School Desegregation Educational Center bulletin, 1968
Subject
Georgia
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI)
University of Georgia
School integration
Description
This bulletin was circulated to local school districts as an educational and support plan from a department funded by a grant under Title VI of Civil Rights Act, which mandated desegregation.
Creator
The University of Georgia School Desegregation Educational Center, Athens, Ga
Publisher
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
Date
1968
Rights
In Copyright FCS Archives does not hold the copyright to this material. Rights for use and reproduction are the responsibility of the researcher.
Georgia--Fulton County
Correspondence
School superintendents
School integration
Paul D. West
Walter M. Callaway
Description
This correspondence is in response to the superintendent's and school board's policy for desegregating the public schools of Fulton County. Mr. Callaway's vocation or relation to the school board is unknown.