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Integrating schools 70 years ago was a good thing. But it had unintended consequences | Opinion
Philly.com· 1 hour agoStatewide, more than 90% of all teachers are white, even though one-third of students are students...
When Conservative Parents Revolt
The Atlantic· 1 day agoAfter all, it is in its classrooms—in social-studies curricula and civics lessons and mandatory-reading lists—that the country wrestles with how to tell...
Liberals Had a Dream to Fix the Supreme Court. It’s Time to Admit the Truth.
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoBoard of Education. Evidence that the 14th Amendment’s Framers supported school segregation is...
America Is Captive to One Ridiculous Legal Theory That Dictates Our Lives. Here’s What We Can Do.
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoThe 13th Amendment abolished slavery, with a notable lingering exception as...hard and we could talk...
Court Allows Case Challenging Segregation in N.Y.C. Schools to Advance
New York Times· 6 days agoIf successful, it could lead to changes to gifted and selective programs, or even their elimination....
Louisiana Supreme Court approves formation of new, predominantly white St. George city | New...
Louisiana Weekly· 2 days agoEncompassing a sprawling 60-square-mile expanse in the southeast of East Baton Rouge Parish, St. George is poised to emerge as an autonomous entity with its own mayor and city council, catering ...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco de Mayo popular in the US
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoEl Movimiento, or the Chicano Movement, sought civil rights of all Mexicans living in the United States, according...Hispanic children faced many of the similar prejudices ...
Kicked out of ASU in '68 for protesting, 78-year-old finally graduating
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhen he came home from Vietnam, Gutierrez enrolled at ASU on the GI Bill. He was the first person in his family to attend college. It was a time of large student protests on college campuses ...
Macklemore Debuts ‘Hind’s Hall’ Protest Solidarity Song
Time via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoBut the ‘60s undoubtedly marked a golden age for protest music, as popular singers took on their...
How Medgar Evers shaped Amos Brown
The San Francisco Examiner· 1 day agoAmos Brown considers Medgar Evers his mentor, the catalyst for a life devoted to the civil rights movement. After all, Evers was the reason Brown, at 15...