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November 20, 1957
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
A Black first-grade teacher dismissed from Orangeburg, S.C., schools for refusing to support segregation is hired to teach in New York City's Public School 90. Her husband, a pastor and former professor, was also dismissed for desegregation advocacy and now leads a Harlem church.
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Teacher Hired In
New York School
NEW YORK -(NNPA)-A colored first-grade teacher, who was dismissed from the Orangeburg, S. C., public school system because she would not support segregated schools, was hired here Tuesday and assigned to teaching first grade in Public School 90 at 147th Street near Eighth Avenue.
Her employment was disclosed by her husband, the Rev. Alfred Isaac, pastor of the Union Baptist Church in Harlem. He had been dismissed as assistant professor of history at South Carolina State College.
He said the White Citizens Council obtained his dismissal because he worked for desegregation of South Carolina public schools.
REFUSED TO SIGN STATEMENT
Mrs. Isaac was dismissed as a teacher in the Duncan Memorial School in Orangeburg in 1955, her husband said, after she had refused to sign a statement declaring that she would uphold segregation.
A year later Mr. Isaac lost his job. He remained as pastor of the New Mount Zion Church in Orangeburg, however. Mrs. Isaac went to her native Maryland and got a job there.
Last June Mr. Isaac was offered the pastorate of the Union Baptist Church here. He resigned from the Orangeburg pulpit and assumed full charge of his new assignment here on Sept. 1.
Teacher Hired In
New York School
NEW YORK -(NNPA)-A colored first-grade teacher, who was dismissed from the Orangeburg, S. C., public school system because she would not support segregated schools, was hired here Tuesday and assigned to teaching first grade in Public School 90 at 147th Street near Eighth Avenue.
Her employment was disclosed by her husband, the Rev. Alfred Isaac, pastor of the Union Baptist Church in Harlem. He had been dismissed as assistant professor of history at South Carolina State College.
He said the White Citizens Council obtained his dismissal because he worked for desegregation of South Carolina public schools.
REFUSED TO SIGN STATEMENT
Mrs. Isaac was dismissed as a teacher in the Duncan Memorial School in Orangeburg in 1955, her husband said, after she had refused to sign a statement declaring that she would uphold segregation.
A year later Mr. Isaac lost his job. He remained as pastor of the New Mount Zion Church in Orangeburg, however. Mrs. Isaac went to her native Maryland and got a job there.
Last June Mr. Isaac was offered the pastorate of the Union Baptist Church here. He resigned from the Orangeburg pulpit and assumed full charge of his new assignment here on Sept. 1.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Justice
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Desegregation
Teacher Dismissal
Civil Rights
Segregation Refusal
Pastor Relocation
White Citizens Council
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Isaac
Rev. Alfred Isaac
White Citizens Council
Where did it happen?
Orangeburg, S.C.; New York City; Maryland
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Key Persons
Mrs. Isaac
Rev. Alfred Isaac
White Citizens Council
Location
Orangeburg, S.C.; New York City; Maryland
Event Date
1955; 1956; Last June; Sept. 1
Story Details
Mrs. Isaac dismissed in 1955 from Orangeburg school for refusing to sign segregation statement; husband Rev. Isaac dismissed in 1956 from college for desegregation work; both relocate, with Mrs. Isaac teaching in Maryland then New York, and Rev. Isaac pastoring in Harlem.