Segregation, Intolerance, and Integration

Public School Integration Makes Start

Absorption Of Pupils In Frostburg Complete; Carver Enrollment Cut

History-making integration in the Allegany County public schools went off smoothly this morning, according to a spot check made at noon today.

Two conditions, both anticipated, evolved — no pupils for Lincoln Elementary School in Frostburg, and a cut in enrollment at Carver School of about 50 per cent.

This morning the only person in Lincoln School was the teacher, Miss Kathleen Cooper.

History in black, white
Slavery and separation part of local heritage

By ANDREA ROWLAND

Blacks in Washington County share a local history rooted along a less than one-quarter mile stretch in downtown Hagerstown. Jonathan Street has housed, fed, entertained — and sometimes frightened — many of its black residents for more than two centuries.

Ida Ruth (Price) Gulliver – Pioneering Piedmont Teacher

The following article by Mona Ridder appeared in the October 6, 2018 edition of the Cumberland Times-News

PIEDMONT, W.Va. — It was the 1957-58 school year and a young teacher had come to Keyser to teach seventh- and eighth-graders. She had transferred from Piedmont after the closure of the all-black Howard High School, where she had previously taught.

KKK "Rally" - Cumberland, 2014

“Peace and Unity” Prevails in Washington County

Several events were held throughout Washington County in response to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) march in Sharpsburg on August 28, 2004. Rather than confront or directly protest the KKK, the purpose of these events was to depict and promote a sense of love, peace and unity.

KKK marches in county, 2004

By GREGORY T. SIMMONS

March in Sharpsburg requires about 100 police officers.

Fewer than a dozen people marched in support of the Ku Klux Klan on Saturday in Sharpsburg, although the group was flanked by dozens of police and media representatives as the parade worked its way through town.

Just after 1 p.m., two Klansmen in white hoods and robes carrying the KKK’s flag and the Confederate Flag were followed by the rest of the parade group.

Cross burning
CUMBERLAND

Frostburg Visited By KKK Members

Ten robed members of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan visited the downtown Frostburg area during the weekend to distribute literature and talk with anyone willing to listen.

Three young men wearing combat fatigues stood by as a security force, just "in case," according to one Klansman.

Scattered groups of curious on-lookers gathered on city streets as the KKK members solicited members.

"Personally, I don't want them here," a city official said.

Maryland Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Rally
CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND

Saturday May 5th         7:30 pm
Sunday May 6th       1:00 pm

Grand Dragons
DALE REUSCH - Ohio
JERRY GREENE - N. Jersey
BOB SCOGGINs So. Carolina
Tony Laricci - Maryland
Special Guest Speaker: JAMES VENABLE
Imperial Wizard

From Cumberland take Industrial Blvd., to Route 51 – 5 miles from City limits — then follow signs. Rally held on Moore Hollow Road, top of Irons Mtn.

Ground wanted to rent for Klan Rallies

THE “GREEN BOOK” - GLENWOOD MANOR TOURIST HOME:

What was the “Green Book?” The following description is excerpted from a website entitled, “The Architecture of the Negro Travelers’ Green Book.”

“The Negro Travelers’ Green Book, a guidebook for African-American travelers, was published by New York City mailman Victor Hugo Green in response to pervasive and widespread racial discrimination during the pre Civil Rights-era. Green’s guide featured hotels, restaurants, service stations and other places where African-Americans could count on being served.”