Lakeland - African Americans in College Park_Chapter 2: The Key to the Dream
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Lakeland - African Americans in College Park_Chapter 2: The Key to the Dream
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This collection includes photos featured in Chapter 2 of the Lakeland - African Americans in College Park book, which was published by the Lakeland Community Heritage Project in 2009 as part of the Images of America series by Arcadia Publishing.
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Paint Branch Elementary School
In the late 1960s it became clear that the fifty year old former high school building housing Lakeland Elementary school no longer met the needs of the community's children. Community leaders fought long and hard to have a new school built in…
Paint Branch Elementary School - Ms. Norris's class 1974-75
In the late 1960s it became clear that the fifty year old former high school building housing Lakeland Elementary school no longer met the needs of the community's children. Community leaders fought long and hard to have a new school built in…
Robert Peterson running 1974
In 1974, during his freshman year at Morgan State University, Robert Peterson participated in the Maryland Marathon, completing the Olympic distance of 26 miles, 385 yards in 3 hours 19 minutes 31 seconds. The next spring, Peterson ran the Boston…
Parkdale High School's Panther 1974
Lakelanders, from left to right, Jeffrey Briscoe, Douglas Few, James Gray, and George Randall were Lakeland’s favorite sons in 1971, when they led Parkdale High School’s Panthers to a state basketball title. Briscoe, Gray, and Randall were…
Constance Sandidge
African Americans could not attend the University of Maryland until 1954, and few undergraduates of color were admitted until the 1970s. Lakelander Constance Sandidge graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1969. About her…
Lakeland High School
The historic Lakeland High School began in 1928 with six classrooms. It was expanded in the 1940s with additional classrooms and expanded again in the 1950s when a multi-purpose room was added. That building housed the community’s school children…
Lakeland Elementary School 4th and 5th grade class with teacher Mr. Ford 1966-67
For most of a century, only African American students attended school in Lakeland. In 1956, two years after the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional, the Prince George’s County Board of Education enacted a plan…
Lakeland Elementary School 1st grade class with teacher Armandia Davis 1966-67
For most of a century, only African American students attended school in Lakeland. In 1956, two years after the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional, the Prince George’s County Board of Education enacted a plan to…
Lakeland kindergarten class 1965-66
Lakeland’s first kindergarten classes were taught by Ruth Johnson Taylor Lancaster during the1930s. Kindergarten was then discontinued at the school until the 1960s. In the Photo, the 1965-66 kindergarten class poses during the school’s May Day…
May Day celebration circa 1960
The annual May Day celebration was a high point of the Lakeland school year for many decades. Parents came to witness the day long festivities, which included sporting matches and a musical program. The day’s highlight was the children dancing…