On Saturday, October 25, 1958, EI students traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the Youth March for Integrated Schools led by A. Philip Randolph, Jackie Robinson, Coretta Scott King, Harry Belafonte, Bayard Rustin.
EI student Ellen Fried (’61) recalls when their bus first entered the city, as they passed through a poor, Black neighborhood, they opened all the windows and sang “Study War No More.” Listen to LREI students sing the song below.