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By Christopher Busta-Peck, March 15, 2008 | |
| | | 1. Breaking the Back of Segregation Marker | | |
Inscription. Separate but Equal policy
July 11, 1948
Participants
James Robertson, Maceo Howard, Morris Kalish, James Gross, Albert Blank, Jeanette Fine, Gloria Stewart, Mary Coffee, Mitzy Freishtat, Irvin Winkler, Stanley Askin, Louis Pinkney, Leonard Collidge, Royal Weaver, Warren Vestal, Marcus Moore, Regina Silverberg, Phillip Ennis, Leroy Matthews, William Carr, Issiah Rows, Delores Jackson, Two Juveniles, Charles Swan.
Created through the efforts of Charles L. Williams
Location. 39° 19.107′ N, 76° 38.791′ W. Marker is in Baltimore, Maryland. Marker is on Pimlico Drive, on the left when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baltimore MD 21217, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A Memorial Rose Garden (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); Wagner (approx. 0.2 miles away); William Wallace (approx. 0.3 miles away); Eli Siegel (approx. 0.3 miles away); Druid Hill (approx. 0.4 miles away); These Citizens by Subscribing for the Park Stock in 1860 (approx. 0.4 miles away); A Sense of Sanctuary (approx. 0.4 miles away); In Memory of Harvey J. Burns, Jr. (approx. 0.6 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Baltimore.
Regarding Breaking the Back of Segregation. | | | | 
By Christopher Busta-Peck, March 15, 2008 | |
| | | 2. Marker is in front of the bushes, to the left of the conservatory | | |
This marker was erected to commemorate the efforts of the 24 African American and white tennis players who organized integrated matches to challenge the "whites only" policy at the Druid Hill Park tennis courts. Their arrests were challenged in the courts until the US Supreme Court refused to hear the case and let the convictions stand. The "Tennis Court Case" helped lead the way towards the "Brown v. Board of Education" case which finally did strike down the principle of "separate but equal." This marker is on the former site of these tennis courts.
Also see . . . A Sense of Sanctuary. Another historical marker in Druid Hill Park, describing the events on this marker in more extensive detail. (Submitted on May 5, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio.)
Credits. This page originally submitted on March 15, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,312 times since then. Last updated on September 8, 2008. Photos: 1, 2. Submitted on March 15, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page. |
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