Hebrew History & Heriage_04: Nergo School Segregated

Democrat and Chronicle education reporter Justin Murphy discusses the 19th century campaign to desegregate Rochester's schools, including the role of Frederick Douglass and other African-American activists. To read the article from which this talk was derived, visit https://www.libraryweb...​.

Rochester's Rich History is a program of the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County's Local History & Genealogy Division. This session was streamed live on Zoom on May 16, 2020. Includes ASL interpreters.

Justin Murphy covers education in the Rochester area, with an emphasis on the Rochester City School District. He has worked at the Democrat and Chronicle since 2012 and before that was a reporter for The Citizen in Auburn, New York. He grew up in Penfield and attended the University of Chicago and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Justin is currently working on a book-length history of school segregation in Rochester, New York, from which this talk is derived.