the name adams morgan was originally hyphenated. it is derived from the names of two, formerly segregated area elementary schools—the older, all-black thomas p. morgan elementary school (now defunct) and the all-white john quincy adams elementary school. pursuant to the 1954 "bolling v. sharpe" supreme court ruling, district schools were desegregated in 1955. the adams-morgan community council, comprising both adams and morgan schools and the neighborhoods they served, was formed in 1958. the city drew boundaries of the neighborhood through three preexisting neighborhoods – washington heights, lanier heights, and meridian hill – naming the resulting area after both schools.