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Her 1951 walkout helped end school segregation. Now her statue is in the U.S. Capitol

Barbara Rose Johns' 1951 student-led walkout helped trigger Brown v. Board of Education and now her statue replaces a Confederate general in the U.S. Capitol.

History

fromLos Angeles Times

2 weeks ago

Jo Ann Boyce, Clinton 12 member and civil rights trailblazer, dies at 84

Jo Ann Allen Boyce was one of the Clinton 12 who bravely desegregated a Southern public school and later became a pediatric nurse and author.

Education

fromLos Angeles Times

2 weeks ago

Robert Docter, L.A. schools leader who opposed spanking, fought for integration, dies at 97

Robert Docter ended corporal punishment in L.A. schools, fought for busing to integrate campuses, taught at Cal State Northridge, and led Salvation Army regional efforts.

Social justice

fromwww.theguardian.com

1 month 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

2 months 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.