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Black woman leads former whites-only school

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The private boarding school for underprivileged students now led by Autumn Adkins, who describes herself simply as "a black girl from Richmond, Virginia," would have excluded her in years past...
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Height will forever be a towering figure

Dr. Boyce Watkins
OPINION - Dorothy Height reminds us that even long lives are far too short, and that the time for action is now...
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Judge orders Miss. schools to end racial imbalance

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A judge ordered a small south Mississippi school district to stop allowing hundreds of white students to transfer out of majority black schools...
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Little Rock 9 veteran Carlotta Walls LaNier is living history

Giacinta Pace
Although her name is not widely recognized, this pioneer played in important role in one of the most important events of the Civil Rights movement...
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Civil rights icon fights for school that tried to shut her out

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In 1960, Ruby Bridges was only 6 when she walked passed an angry mob to become the first black student at William Frantz, an all white school in New Orleans. Now, Ruby is working to reopen the doors that once threatened to shut her out...
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Atlanta lawsuit reveals remnants of forgotten black community

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ATLANTA (AP) - In a city where black history usually calls to mind the lives of civil rights leaders, a lawsuit is bringing attention to a less known facet of that history...
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Black surfers find endless summer in Whitewash documentary

Annette Freeman
OPINION - Before I saw "Whitewash," the images of surfing that were etched in my mind were from the beach party movies of the mid 1960s...
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Why segregation has asylum in the church

Charlton McIlwain
OPINION - Eleven o'clock on Sunday morning is America's most segregated hour. But recent indications suggest that some want to fix America's last home of segregation: the church...
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Original All-Stars strike out with championship, then film deal

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It's the kind of story they make movies about. A team of young boys denied the opportunity to play baseball because of the color of their skin. The problem: there is a movie being made, but the men who made up the famous Cannon Street All-Stars weren't consulted...
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Feds probe Mississippi schools' racial imbalance

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U.S. Justice Department wants a small Mississippi school district to end its practice of allowing hundreds of white students to transfer from majority black schools, calling it a violation of a desegregation order...
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