Excerpt: The Public Schools of Montgomery County, Maryland
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Hill, David Spence
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1939-08
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This collection contains excerpts of a report titled "The Public Schools of Montgomery County, Maryland" by David Spence Hill, for the Brookings Institution, August 1939. This report constitutes background research for the official Brookings Report on Montgomery County's Government published in 1941. Provided here are the sections reporting on the segregated Black schools of the county in the late 1930s, including population assessments, existing social and physical infrastructure, enrollment numbers, and reports on the 25 individual elementary schools and one high school provided by the county for Black children that include condition of the facilities, faculty, janitorial service provided, and recommendations for improvements.
Also included is a very thorough reporting of other aspects of the Black residents' lives during this period, such as professions, education levels, migration trends, etc.
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The Brookings Institution