Hedgepeth Williams Story

Season 2013-14
Social Issues

Synopsis

The Hedgepeth Williams Story – Ten years before Brown vs Board of Education that put an end to school segregation in the United States, there was Hedgepeth-Williams V. Board of Education. On Jan. 31, 1944 – the New Jersey Supreme Court rule that local school districts and boards of education could not establish separate public schools based on race, color or creed. Trenton’s Paul Robeson Elementary teacher Kristine Burns and retired teacher Sue Shields helped their students produce a book about the landmark decision that occurred in their school 70 years ago.

School Name

PAUL ROBESON E.S.

County

MERCER

Education Association

TRENTON EA

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