“In America, whether we can swim — and whether we have access to water at all — is closely tied to race.”
segregation
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In 1967, a Black Man and a White Woman Bought a Home. American Politics Would Never Be the Same.
“What happened to the Bailey family in the Detroit suburb of Warren became a flashpoint in the national battle over integration.”
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‘She Made Us Happy’: The All-Star Dreams of Uvalde’s Biggest José Altuve Fan
“We didn’t have to grow up alongside the Nueces River, listening to songs and stories of the violence all around us. But we did.”
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Prince & Place
“Prince’s sound is a musical hybrid, in which the history of Minneapolis, its people, and the social forces organizing life there are brought together.”
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Why Decades of Trying to End Racial Segregation in Gifted Education Haven’t Worked
“Is it even possible to make a concept that has racist origins more equitable?”
Posted inCurrent Events, education, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Resegregation of Charlotte’s Public Schools
Charlotte, North Carolina, once embraced public school integration, but schools have become highly segregated again.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
The Great Online School Scam
Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction
The Great Online School Scam
Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
Posted inHistory, Story
The Word Is ‘Nemesis’: The Fight to Integrate the National Spelling Bee
For talented black spellers in the 1960s, the segregated local spelling bee was the beginning and the end of the long road to Washington, D.C.
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The Word Is ‘Nemesis’: The Fight to Integrate the National Spelling Bee
For talented black spellers in the 1960s, the segregated local spelling bee was the beginning and the end of the long road to Washington, D.C.