Murden School in Crawfordville, Georgia, the only African American school in Taliaferro County.

When black students attempted to transfer to the all-white Alexander Stephens Institute in Crawfordville, the county closed the school to prevent the integration. In protest, many of the African American students refused to go back to Murden, instead attending a Freedom School established by the SCL...

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Main Author: Langford, Dave
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/100746

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