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Recent Examples of desegregate
King had already leveraged the boycott in Montgomery to desegregate the city’s bus system.
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Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Cox says he was inspired by events like the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the bravery of the Little Rock Nine who desegregated their Arkansas high school in 1957 in the face of threats and physical harassment.
—Lottie Joiner, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The fast-growing NAACP was testing out legal cases in hopes of desegregating the nation’s schools, including at the nearby University of North Carolina.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Some 63 years after Brown v. the Board of Education, Cleveland became the last district in the United States to desegregate in 2017.
—Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2024
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Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Cox says he was inspired by events like the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the bravery of the Little Rock Nine who desegregated their Arkansas high school in 1957 in the face of threats and physical harassment.
—Lottie Joiner, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The fast-growing NAACP was testing out legal cases in hopes of desegregating the nation’s schools, including at the nearby University of North Carolina.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Some 63 years after Brown v. the Board of Education, Cleveland became the last district in the United States to desegregate in 2017.
—Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2024
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