Left home of Willie and Arlener Laney, Right Home of Elwood Harrison and Wilmer Sydnor Gross on Pierce Avenue. For many years the sign at one end of the street was marked Pierce Avenue and the other end of the street the sign read Pierce Street. An urban renewal listing of addresses shows a mixture of designations.
For most of a century, only African-American students attended school in Lakeland. In 1956, two years after the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional, the Prince George’s County Board of Education enacted a plan to impede the integration of schools. The first white students did not attend Lakeland Elementary School until the late 1960s. They were few in number. The board of education resisted desegregation for decades, despite the struggle by Lakeland residents and others for integrated schools and public facilities. Nevertheless, desegregation progressed intermittently until court-ordered programs began in 1973. Pictured in this photograph taken during the 1966-67 school year is Lakeland Elementary School’s fourth and fifth grade class with Mr. Ford.
Along Pierce Avenue, adjacent to the railroad tracks and under a stand of trees was a place where gentlemen held court. Any day when the weather was fine, Luke Gray (center), having retired from the work-a-day world, could be found in his favorite spot paying witness to the passage of time. Frequently, friends George Falls (left) and Willie Laney (right) would join him. They would sit for a while and discuss the events of the day. This photograph was taken around 1965. (Courtesy of the Gross family.)
Kindergarten class of Lakeland Elementary School at University of Maryland animal barn during 1965-66 School year
Women's Day
Earlene Williams on left
Mary Ann Campbell has garter placed in preparation for her wedding. They are in the bride's home on Navahoe Street
Baltimore Avenue, Downtown College Park near Dry Cleaners
Newlywed Mary Ann Smith tosses her bouquet from the steps of Embry A.M.E Church. The recipient was her maid of honor, Yvonne Dorsey, a former classmate of the bride at Fairmont Heights High School.
Lakeland Elementary School 1965/66 Miss Pinkney
Baltimore Avenue at Melbourne
During the 1965-66 school year Lakeland Elementary School kindergarten on visit to see farm animals at barns on campus of University of Maryland their class was accompanied by parents and their teacher. In the image see students and a parent, Fannie Douglas.
Women's Day in the choir loft at First Baptist Church of College Park
Washington Post by Walter B. Douglas
On Pierce Avenue
Youth basketball team from College Park Boy's Club
Duplicate of: 04876 (colorless). A picture of the Prince George's County Boys Club track team champions in 1965. George Randall is a part of that team
The back of the photo of the PGCBC Track team champions.
A picture of the Prince George's County Boys Club track team champions in 1965. George Randall is a part of that team
Department of Commerce, April 19, 1965
Airport, industrial area, lake and portion of Lakeland
Mrs. Carson's 2nd and 3rd Grade Class at Lakeland Elementary School during the 1965-66 school year
Former Lakeland High School Building during period it served as Lakeland Elementary.
College Park Boy's Club Founded in 1952 as the Hollywood Hornets the organization change its name in 1955 to College Park Boys Club and held its first opening day celebration. By 1960 there were 600 members participating in basketball alone. In 1964 the group formally adopted the commitment to serve boys regardless of color.
On a Sunday afternoon in the 1960s, sisters Eliza and Pauline Gray relax for a moment with some of their nieces and nephews: (left to right), Myron Gray, Paul Butler, Linda Gray Butler, Eliza Gray, Mildred Gray, Pauline Gray, DeWana Gray, a friend of DeWana’s, and Lester Gray. (Courtesy of the Gray family.)
Foreground is grounds of home with railroad tracks in background with Lake beyond.
Celebration at Lakeland Elementary School.
Classes held at Lakeland Elementary School by Prince Georges County Recreation Department
At College Park Elementary School
Edwards house twenty years after #16 1966 without car.
Snack time at Lakeland Elementary School's kindergarten class during the 1965-66 school year. One class member, Maxine Gross reports "there was always milk and graham crackers".
Wedding of Pamela Randall bride is shown with her father, Thomas Randall, Sr.
Attendants for the wedding of Pamela Randall. The ceremony took place at Embry AME Church
Kindergarten class
Maxine Gross First Grade Lakeland Elementary School
Looks like Sunday morning in Lakeland
On October 15, 1966, Pamela Randall became the bride of James Boardley at Embry A.M.E. Church. Their wedding party included from left to right, (first row) flower girl Secethia Boardley and ring bearer Robert Fields Jr; (second row) Sandra Randall, Sandra Douglas, Pamela Randall Boardley, James Boardley, and Sylvia Mizell. (Courtesy of the Randall family.)
Jacqueline, Janet and Agnes Randall at wedding
Wedding party and officiant Embry AME Church pastor R.H. Baddy at Embry AME Church during the marriage of Mary Ann Campbell and George Smith both of Lakeland
In dance recital for program sponsored by Prince Georges County Recreation Department. Classes and event were held at Lakeland Elementary School
Wedding of Mary Ann Campbell and George Smith at Embry AME Church
In 1960, Dervey and Thelma Lomax sought to enroll their son Gregory in a nearby, predominantly white elementary school, but the school board denied his admission. After a second denial a year later, the Lomax family, with the assistance of the local NAACP, appealed to the state board of education. The local board settled by admitting Gregory as a second-grader to the predominantly white College Park Elementary School. The following year he was joined at school by his younger brother Elston and a few other young Lakelanders. Gregory Lomax is shown as an elementary school student.
At Lakeland Elementry School for classes sponsored by Prince George's County Recreation Department
At Lakeland Elementary School during 1965-66 school year
Lakeland’s first kindergarten classes were taught during the 1930s by Ruth Johnson Taylor Lancaster. Kindergarten was then discontinued at the school, until the 1960s. Here, the 1965-66 kindergarten class poses during the school’s May Day celebration. (Courtesy of the Gross family.)
Edwards house twenty years after another image in this collection.
Furniture and mural have changed from earlier images. Scene was set for James Tyrone and Kathleen Campbell Kennedy
Class Picture from College Park Elementary School during 1965-67 school year
Christmas Morning at Gross home on Pierce Avenue