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The Forgotten Girls Who Desegregated New Orleans Before Ruby Bridges

This is the first story in our series chronicling the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In November 1960, three 6-year-old Black girls climbed 18 steps into history, forever changing the face of American education and democracy.  While Ruby Bridges became a household name for integrating William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Gail Etienne, Leona […]

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Is the Promise of ‘Diversity’ Leaving Black Students Stranded?

This article first appeared on The Emancipator and is part of the coverage of the 50th anniversary of a federal judge’s ruling that led to busing in Boston to desegregate schools It’s republished here under a Creative Commons license. See full series here. During the time of Brown v. Board of Education, the most radical […]

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