sentences:  Her efforts led to her sons being enrolled in the formerly all-white school in 1968.Born in Harlem, New York on December 20, 1923, Hicks married Junius Fletcher Hicks (1921–1964), who served with the United States Army during World War II, and moved with him during the 1960s to a section of North Philadelphia near Girard College.Walled off from the community, the college was only open for admissions, at that time, to white students who were fatherless.