School Integration

Original Title

title unknown

Devised Title

School Integration

Date

1955--1956

Creator

Lavornis Royal See all items with this value

Description

Royal’s mural illustrates the desegregation of public schools following Brown v. Board of Education (1954). In the center of the scene is attorney and future Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall, with Black students entering integrated schools. At the far left is Chief Justice Earl Warren.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

Education See all items with this value

Civil rights See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black art

Desegregation

Political organizations

Current Location

3rd Floor, South Corridor, Hannah Hall, Texas Southern University

Location

Houston

Texas

United States

Type

Murals

Additional Techniques

Mural painting

Measurements

72 in x 73 in

72 in x 174 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

52

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0283

Rights

All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Texas Southern University

Collection

Hannah Hall Murals See all items with this value

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