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The Dallas Independent School District began admitting African-American students in 1961, seven years after Brown v. Board of Education made racial segregation in public schools illegal. African-American students were often provided with police escorts to make sure they were able to enter the school without being harassed.
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Issues of race and class have turned the college experience into an obstacle course that is deterring many of America's brightest students from graduating with a four-year degree. This video counters cultures of low expectation and social isolation with three stand-out initiatives that are helping students get into college - and stay in. Featured in this video are: the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, a national model for talented minority students studying...
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President John F. Kennedy delivered his Report to the American People on Civil Rights on June 11, 1963, urging Congress to pass civil rights legislation. Earlier that day, President Kennedy had ordered the National Guard to escort two African-American students as they enrolled at the University of Alabama.
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While campaigning for office, Alabama governor George Wallace vowed to personally stand at the door of the University of Alabama to block integration. When he fulfilled this pledge in 1963, President John F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard and ordered him to step aside to allow two African-American students to register. While this was a victory for the civil rights movement, Governor Wallace continued to protest racial desegregation...
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Despite the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Dallas was slow to desegregate its school system. In 1961, the Dallas Independent School District implemented a "Stairstep Plan" that would gradually introduce African-American students. The plan, however, still left the schools highly segregated. In 1970, Sam Tasby filed a lawsuit against the Dallas Independent School District, after his son was denied admission to an...
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This documentary critically considers the Oakland Unified Schools' 1996 "Ebonics Resolution." Building on the success of local instructional programming, the Resolution sought to improve African-American student performance by acknowledging African American linguistic patterns and improving "the English acquisition and application skills of African-American students."Through the use of archival footage and contemporary interviews with scholars, educational...