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On this Day in American history, September 10, 1963 — State Funds Private School for Whites to Avoid Integration in Tuskegee, Alabama

Posted on September 10, 2018 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

In January 1963, African American parents of students in Macon County, Alabama, sued the Macon County Board of Education to desegregate the countyโ€™s public schools. Though the United States Supreme Court had declared school segregation unconstitutional nearly nine years earlier, … Continue reading →

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