Phillips School

The Phillips School, was originally for white students but became one of Boston’s first integrated public schools after the state banned segregated schools in 1855. Activists like William Cooper Nell and Lewis Hayden led efforts for this change. 

Originally a school for white children, after Massachusetts law required school desegregation, Phillips was one of the first integrated schools in Boston. On the first day of integration, the event was marked by positive interactions between white and Black students.