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Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I was just going to school': legacy of New Orleans' other desegregation pioneers

Three six-year-old Black girls faced violent public opposition while integrating McDonogh 19 elementary school in New Orleans on 14 November 1960.
Social justice
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

I Was Put on Death Row at 17 for a Crime I Didn't Commit. Here's the Story of My Trial.

Gary Tyler, a Black teenager, was wrongly convicted at 17 for a desegregation-era killing despite no evidence and spent over four decades imprisoned.
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