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A History of School Integration & Civil Rights in the North

February 2, 2022, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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A History of School Integration & Civil Rights in the North

Since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 Americans have viewed school integration as a central tenet of the Black civil rights movement. Yet, school integration was not the only - or even always the dominant - civil rights strategy. At times, African Americans also fought for separate, Black controlled schools dedicated to racial uplift and community empowerment.

Join MSU Professor Zoë Burkholder for a discussion of the history of school desegregation and Black educational activism in the North.

This talk will discuss the history of school integration in New Jersey, with a special focus on the history of school desegregation and Black educational equality in the 麻豆传媒在线 Public Schools.