T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, opened its doors in 1965.[1] In 1959, five years after the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling that separate but equal schooling is unequal and unconstitutional, Alexandria formally desegregated its public school system. [2]
In 1971, three high schools -- T.C. Williams, George Washington and Hammond -- merged, with T.C. Williams accepting only 11th and 12th graders, and G.W. and Hammond accepting ninth and 10th graders. Before the schools merged, they were not mainly segregated.
"There were quite a few blacks in George Washington High School. T.C. Williams had a few, where I was (Hammond), we had very few, maybe three or four black student all together.[3]
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2. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=87
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