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West Philadelphia High School in 1969

    In 1969, West Philadelphia High School’s enrollment was 99 percent African American, with some 3,800 students packed into a building whose capacity was 2,400. The high school’s principal, Walter Scott, saw the Free School as a means both to reduce overcrowding at WPHS and to outsource the main building’s disruptive students, especially its gang members. 

    Neighborhoods
    Walnut Hill
    Keywords
    Schools, Secondary Schools
    Themes
    Schools, Higher Eds and Meds
    Groups and Organizations
    West Philadelphia High School
    17 May 1969
    Copyright
    Rights Protected
    Attribution/Credit

    Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, courtesy of Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA