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Dissertation written by Ophelia Braden Taylor for a Master of Arts in the Department of Edcuation at Howard University, June 1951. Dissertation is broken down into the following sections: Introduction; The Awakening Period, 1870-1899; The Period of…

Portrait of George Melvin Richardson, Secondary School Administrator, Arlington, Va.

Photo of Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High School

Exterior photo of the Hoffman-Boston Elementary School circa 1951. George Melvin Richardson and another man stand by the flagpole in front of the school.

Group photo of African American men in an outdoor setting.

George Melvin Richardson poses for a group picture with the faculty, staff, and students of Hoffman-Boston in front of the school.

George Melvin Richardson sits at his desk with two of his staff members in his office at Hoffman-Boston.

George Melvin Richardson leads a staff meeting at Hoffman-Boston. Staff sit at student desks in a semi-circle.

Student science demonstration at the segregated Hoffman-Boston Junior-Senior High School.

A student visits the nurse's office at Hoffman-Boston for what appears to be a dental procedure.

Two adult African American women sit at a small desk.

George Melvin Richardson, at center, leads a tour of Hoffman-Boston for committee members at right. They stand in the wood shop, as a student demonstrates woodworking as a teacher looks on, right.

Hoffman-Boston student looks into a microscope.

Students and teacher perform dissection in Hoffman-Boston Biology lab.

Science demonstration involving a fan at Hoffman-Boston.

Anatomy lesson at Hoffman-Boston.

Student works on a clay figure at Hoffman-Boston.

Students paint in an art class at Hoffman-Boston. In foreground, a teacher looks at an art book with one student.

Three students at easles work on painted still lifes in Hoffman-Boston art room. Two other students work on their projects. Some student paitings are visible on the walls.

Science demonstration involving some sort of motor at Hoffman-Boston.