My grandmother would say that Nancy Pelosi was raised properly.

As you know, her father, Thomas D’Alesandro Jr., was the mayor of Baltimore.

In May 1954, the Supreme Court held that segregated schools were unconstitutional.

Throughout the South, there was massive resistance.  Public schools closed.

What would Baltimore do?

Mayor D’Alesandro met with the chair of the Baltimore City School Board, Walter Sondheim.

The outcome: the City would comply with Brown v. Board of Education.

I spoke yesterday with someone who worked closely with Walter Sondheim over the years.

“How would Walter have approached his meeting with the Mayor?” I asked.

“He would have matter of factly said, ‘This is the law of the land, and the City should obey it,’” my friend responded.

Later in the day, I read that Ebony Thompson would become the City Solicitor, the chief legal officer for the City government.

I met Ebony a month ago at a community meeting.

She introduced herself by saying that we both graduated from City College.

Yesterday’s announcement prompted me to write a contemporary at City.

“Our alma mater has made such an impact locally, statewide and nationally,” he responded.

My friend could not have attended City before Mayor D’Alesando decided that Baltimore City would comply with Brown v. Board of Education.