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1952: The Desegregation of Del Mar College: Source #3: Images from Del Mar College's 1953 Yearbook

1952: The Desegregation of Del Mar College
Source #3: Images from Del Mar College's 1953 Yearbook
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  1. Source #1: Newspaper Coverage of the Campaign
    1. News Article #1
    2. News Article #2
    3. News Article #3
  2. Source #2: Harper's Weekly Article
  3. Source #3: Images from Del Mar College's 1953 Yearbook

3. Images from Del Mar College’s 1953 Yearbook

The images below, from the 1953 Del Mar College yearbook, are of some of the school's first African American students.




A young African American woman wearing glasses and a bowtie in a yearbook photograph

Jo Ann Lawson, one of the students who first tried to register at DMC in June of 1952


A young African American woman wearing earrings in a yearbook photograph

Amy Ann Miller, who was featured in the Harper’s article and who asked her father to accompany her on her first day


A young African American man wearing a bow tie in a yearbook photograph; the same young man holding a giant sculpture

Lavernis Royal, artist and student council representative, who was featured in the Harper’s article


A young African American woman wearing glasses in a yearbook photograph

Ruby Jewel Adams, who was featured in the Harper’s article


A young African American woman wearing earrings and a necklace in a yearbook photograph

Alice Faye James, who was featured in the Harper’s article




SOURCE:

Martha Trainor, ed., The Cruiser, 1953, Del Mar College Libraries, https://delmar.edu/library

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