1946 Experiment in Racial Harmony

This is a collection of photographs in the files of the Vermont Historical Society that document the "Vermont Plan" organized by Vergennes, Vermont, pastor Ritchie Low. This program brought Black children from a Harlem, New York, church for a stay with white families in Vermont in 1946. Vermont Life used these photographs to illustrate an article on the project, which is included in this collection, as are newspaper clippings on the undertaking. More information about the "Vermont Plan for Racial Tolerance" can be found in the Alvah Ritchie Low papers, 1944-1952, at UVM Department of Special Collections.