Pearl Lee Campbell Edwards

Collection of school photos.

The donors.

Three Lakelanders worked in the physics department at the University of Maryland as data analysts; their job was to record the results of experiments performed by doctoral students, who used the data in their dissertations. In this 1969 photo are Lucille Giles Sharps, Ethel Dory Lockerman, and Pearl Lee Campbell Edwards.

Donors' daughter speaking.

Photo of the 1964 wedding of Pearl Lee Campbell to James Edwards III at Embry AME Church. When the church sanctuary was renovated in the 1980s, the Edwardses saved a stained glass window and hired an artist to use some of the glass to frame their marriage certificate to form a unique keepsake.

Photo with Pastor Edna Canty Jenkins.

A scrapbook dating from June 1969-1979. Mainly newspaper clippings (obituaries, articles), birthday cards, letter to parents of Lakeland Elementary School children (Pearl Lee Campbell Edwards was a parent of a student), a presentation by Pearl Lee to get Paint Branch built. Newspaper clippings of popular tv program hosts obituaries, events happening in Lakeland community (ex., 'first demolition in Lakeland', 'Lakeland Urban Renewal Project'), response to letter on desegregation plan, editorial on 'Saving Lakeland.'

Another angle of the donors' hands.

Attendants of the celebrations - childhood friends who left and returned, multigenerational family members, etc. Some attended Lakeland schools and still live in Lakeland.

Inside front cover - on the left are two "My name is" stickers, both filled out by Pearl Campbell. The top one is noted to be from the '82 class reunion. Tucked in is a memorial brochure for Sylvester Hayes.

As schoolgirl

Attendants of the celebrations - childhood friends who left and returned, multigenerational family members, etc. Some attended Lakeland schools and still live in Lakeland.

The donors.

Attendants of the celebrations - childhood friends who left and returned, multigenerational family members, etc. Some attended Lakeland schools and still live in Lakeland.

Attendants of the celebrations - childhood friends who left and returned, multigenerational family members, etc. Some attended Lakeland schools and still live in Lakeland.

Donor's daughter speaking again.

James Edwards III and Pearl Lee Campbell Edwards at Embry AME Church

Closeup of the donors' hands, wearing their wedding rings and other heirloom rings.

Keepsake made from wedding certificate and glass from window taken from Embry AME Church where their ceremony and reception were held. The glass was obtained when the building's windows were replaced.

Cover proof for publication with Arcadia Press, 0229

The pastor reading a passage from a pulpit.

Inside front cover again, with Hayes' brochure removed. Written in large script is "Pearl Lee Campbell June 1962."

Donors' daughter, who was born in Lakeland.

School girls, from left to right, (first row) Pamela Sharps, Pearl Lee Campbell; (second row) Mary Ann Campbell, and Pamela Randall wave their Fairmont Heights Hornets pennant as they prepare to leave Lakeland to support their team during the school’s 1960 homecoming game. Lakeland High School was replaced by Fairmont Heights Junior-Senior High School in 1950. The new school served the African-American students from widely scattered areas of Prince George's County. As a result of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the school board abandoned its earlier, race-based school assignment plan and instituted a system based on residential boundaries. At the time, housing in Prince George’s County was segregated. African Americans resided in single-race communities, many out of custom and by choice, and others due to housing discrimination. The result of the new boundaries plan was a school system with mostly single-race schools. There was a policy, however, that allowed students to seek assignment to other schools. Few sought that option. In the 1960s, Lakeland students were assigned to the closer, predominantly-white Northwestern High School in Hyattsville and High Point High School in Beltsville.

Closeup of their original wedding topper from 1964.

The donors and another man.

Closeup of the cake.

Members of the Edwards family.

A gold embossed marriage album. There is a photo of a framed marriage certificate tucked into a viewing panel. Contains various photos from the fiftieth wedding anniversary of the donors. Pictured is the marriage certificate, portraits of the couple, and an invitation to their anniversary party. There are also photos of the venue, photos of Pearl's makeup being done, and screenshots from a slideshow (presumably) about their relationship. Photos of friends and family, writing notes to the couple and mingling.

standing left to right Pearl Lee Edwards, Monroe Dennis, Seated Janet Gillens, Elizabeth Hicks Campbell Adams and Charlotte King

A woman speaking.

On parade along Lakeland Rd

Donors' daughter holding a baby.