School segregation then and now

Democracy Works by Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy

May 6, 201939:19Government & Organizations

Crystal Sanders It’s been 65 years since the Brown v. Board of Education changed public schooling throughout a large portion of the United States. In his opinion, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that...

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