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This document summarizes a court case regarding the will of Stephen Girard and the establishment and management of Girard College in Philadelphia. It discusses how Girard left money and property in trust to Philadelphia to establish an orphanage for poor white male children. It describes how the city and state were involved in managing the college for over 100 years until a 1958 Supreme Court decision required admitting Black students. The court removed Philadelphia as trustee and appointed its own trustees
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