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‘Through Her Eyes’ Is A Must See Summer Movie Humanizing A Moment In Civil Rights

The film is available for streaming on most platforms.
08/02/2021
News, Discrimination, Mississippi, Desegregation, Integration, Segregation, Equal Rights, School System, Department of Justice
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Mississippi Town Ordered to Desegregate Its Schools, Finally

A Mississippi school district enters the 21st century.
05/17/2016

[Finally] Mississippi Town Forced to End School Segregation 60 Years After Jim Crow

Black kids getting sub-par education, judge rules.
05/17/2016
School Segregation Then and Now: Has Much Changed?

School Segregation Then and Now: Has Much Changed?

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Rosa Parks' Archive Opening to Public at Library of Congress

Parks' letters, writings and more are available for viewing.
02/03/2015

Famed SC Civil Rights Protesters Have Convictions Erased

They protested a whites-only lunch counter.
01/28/2015

This Day in Black History: Aug. 19, 1958

NAACP Youth Council protests whites-only lunch counter.
08/19/2014

This Day in Black History: May 27, 1958

The first of the "Little Rock Nine" graduated.
05/27/2014
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) - The court ruled that "separate schools are inherently unequal" and banned segregation in public schools.  The decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.In this image, a Black student recites his lesson surrounded by white fellows and others Black students on May 21, 1954, at Washington's Saint-Dominique school, where for the first time the Brown v. Board of Education decision was applied. (Photo: STAFF/AFP/Getty Images)

This Day in Black History: May 17, 1954

Brown v. Board of Education is decided.
05/17/2014

Commentary: 60 Years After Brown v. Board of Education , a Celebration Muted by Challenge

The decision marked the end of legal school segregation.
05/15/2014

Georgia School Finally Gets Racially Integrated Prom

A 2013 student-led protest brought attention to the issue.
04/01/2014