This photograph shows young students on the steps of the Buttonwood School in New Castle. Front row, left to right: Teel Taylor, Jean Wright, Eloise Taylor. Back row: Sylvia Twyman, Loretta Carter, Izetta Cephas.
Band uniforms; Bands; Marching bands; Students; Student organizations;
Teel Taylor, pictured here in her majorette uniform, was in the first integrated class at William Penn High School. While the school was integrated by law, students still held many racist beliefs: white majorettes refused to wear uniforms worn by...
Ernest Zuber listed as President. Joseph H. Pinkett listed as Secretary. Mrs. Fannie Pritchett listed as Treasurer. Miss Ruth Hodges listed as Asst. Secretary.