Tredyffrin Township near Devon in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Berwyn School Fight

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 3, 2022

1. Berwyn School Fight Marker

Inscription. In 1932, Tredyffrin and Easttown school districts began segregating their elementary schools. Local Black families and supporters met at Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church and planned to fight this discrimination. The resulting boycott deprived affected children of more than 300 school days but forced officials to rescind the segregation order. Children returned to the integrated schools in 1934. The event paved the way for the 1935 Pa. Equal Rights Bill.

Erected 2020 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1932.

Location. 40° 3.378′ N, 75° 26.058′ W. Marker is near Devon, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in Tredyffrin Township. It is on North Fairfield Road just south of Berwyn Baptist Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is

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at or near this postal address: 380 N Fairfield Rd, Devon PA 19333, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Captain Benjamin Bartholomew (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Baptist Church in the Great Valley (approx. 0.7 miles away); Scouter's Grove (approx. ¾ mile away); Devon Horse Show (approx. one mile away); Site of the Stone Chimney Picket (approx. 1.2 miles away); Anthony Wayne's Headquarters, 1777-78 (approx. 1.3 miles away); In Memory of Unknown Soldiers (approx. 2.2 miles away); Pennsylvania Division (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Devon.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 3, 2022

2. Berwyn School Fight Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,152 times since then and 69 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 7, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.