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Racist judges get schooled (in 1963). School integration? No way (1958). A very deadly parade (1918). Prisoners of conscience (1943). Broadway says 'no' to racism (1933). No way to run a website (2013). Abolitionists unite! (1833)
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The history of racial integration in public schools, and what happened after the buses stopped rolling. Lesson plan for educators.
“I don’t know at what point people will simply listen to abortion advocates because we’ve been the victim of this violence for decades,” Close said.
Students of color received instrumental interactions geared at conditioning them to become obedient at all times, to navigate white supremacy without challenging it.
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"No president or presidential candidate has offered a proposal so bold and sweeping."
Sixty-five years after Brown v. Board of Education, school segregation remains a fact of life. As a nation we are moving to undo even the partial progress made since the 1950s.
He had 40 years to come up with a better answer than this
The lesson for Democrats from the Republican coup in North Carolina is that public education is a cornerstone of our democracy, and closely related to the fight for voting rights, racial justice, and a more equal society.
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