'On arrival, workers faced a system of racial segregation'
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Charlotte’s history with school integration and the future of teaching history
In 1954, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision led to the integration of public schools and allowed young people like Charlotte's Dorothy Counts-Scoggins to be one of ...
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Veteran stood up to segregation: 'I'll ride any damn place I want to'
Black Korean War veteran Joe Lewis stood up to a racist bus driver in the Jim Crow South when he was working at Keesler Air Force Base in the 50s in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Thomas Gaither, who led ‘jail-no-bail’ civil rights activism, dies at 86
The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a Whites-only lunch counter.
Autherine Lucy Foster made history in 1956 by integrating the University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy Foster made history on Feb. 3, 1956, becoming the first Black student to attend classes at the University of ...
Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...
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Trump isn’t the first to upend the federal workforce because of race
Wilson’s segregation had a lasting impact on the ... photographs on civil service applications to better enable racial screening. Unfortunately, it often takes a war for America to make its ...
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Racial Issues News
Dec. 7, 2023 — Racial discrimination and bias are painful ... Ecological Theory Can Help Explain Why Segregation Persists Sep. 27, 2023 — An ecological theory may help to explain why ...