NRHP Reference # 01001045 Area 2 ha | Designated NHL August 7, 2001 Added to NRHP 7 August 2001 | |
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Location 3650 Ely Place, SE, Washington, D.C. | ||
John Philip Sousa Junior High School, also known as John Philip Sousa Middle School. is located in SE area of Washington, D.C..
In 1950, eleven black students were denied admission to the newly constructed all-white Sousa school. This action was eventually overturned in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision in Bolling v. Sharpe, which made segregated public schools illegal in the District of Columbia. The defeat of the legal doctrine "separate but equal" marked an early victory in the modern Civil Rights Movement.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001.
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