Civil Rights: The Hillburn Petition

About this Activity

• Documents in this Activity:
  • Anonymous Letter to the Commissioner of Education Regarding the Hillburn Case
  • Letter from C.G. to the Education Commissioner Regarding the Hillburn Case
  • Letter from Wilmer, October 2, 1943
  • Map of Hillburn, New York Showing School Boundary Lines
  • Memorandum Brief for Petitioners in the Hillburn Desegregation Case
  • Memorandum sent to the Commissioner of Education for the Hillburn Case
  • Negro School in Hillburn Closed by Order of State Education Head
  • Newspaper Article Describing the Outcome of the Hillburn Desegregation Case
  • Petition of the Residents of the Village of Hillburn, Rockland County, New York to the Commissioner of Education
  • Second Letter from National Sociological League to the Education Commissioner regarding the Hillburn Case
  • Telegram from Arthur Bary to Commissioner George Stoddard Regarding the Hillburn Decision
• Historical Eras:

  The Great Depression and WW II (1929 - 1945)

• Thinking Skill:

  Historical Issues - Analysis & Decision-Making

• Grade Level:

  Middle School
  High School

• Topics:

  Civil Rights

• Primary Source Types:

  Map
  Photograph
  Written Document

• Regions:

  Southern Tier
  New York State
  United States

• Creator:

  NYS Archives Partnership Trust Education Team.