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VOL. 22 ISSUE 38
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Did You Know? 60 Years Ago:
Greater Houston Area
America Is Bleeding
September 25, 1957, became a historic day in the Nation when nine courageous children risked their lives to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Background
In the heart of the American Civil Rights Movement, nine Black students enrolled at formerly all-White Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957, testing a landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The court had mandated that all public schools in the country be integrated “with all deliberate speed” in its decision related to the groundbreaking case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
47,236- Incidents and 11,810- Deaths as a Result of Guns SEE PG 4
Confederate School Name Changed for Dallas ISD
History of School Integration
In its landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, issued May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation of America’s public schools was unconstitutional. Until the court’s decision, many states across the nation had mandatory segregation laws, requiring African-American and Caucasian children to attend separate schools. Resistance to the ruling was so widespread that the court issued a second decision in 1955, known as Brown II, ordering school districts to integrate “with all deliberate speed.” speed It signaled the end of “separate but equal”. “
Action
Steve Francis SEE PG 5
SEE PG 9
Michelle Bonton SEE PG 8
In response to the Brown decisions and pressure from the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Little Rock, Arkansas, school board adopted a plan for gradual integration of its schools. TO CONT. READING VISIT US @ WWW.AFRAMNEWS.COM
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