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My mother was in third grade in Omaha, NE in 1960. She went to school with only white children for all of elementary school. It wasn’t until later in middle school when her school became integrated. Although she did witness … Continue reading

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de⋅seg⋅re⋅ga⋅tion /ˌ [dee-seg-ri-gey-shuh n]  –noun the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which different races, groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.   Origin:                                                                                              1950–55; de- + segregation Related … Continue reading

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Updated Project Proposal

I plan on expressing the experiences of a white school-aged girl following the integration of schools in Alabama. My project will take on her views of the whole transition, and more importantly the direct effects that it would  have had … Continue reading

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