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dec 3, 1871 - Congress Combines City, County, and Georgetown Governments

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This legal change was a major change to the school system in DC as the school systems of each area were combined. Following this law, all the schools were under one school board but the schools for African Americans functioned under their own superintendent.

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dec 3, 1871
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~ 154 years ago