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EXCLUSIVE: Branded ‘backward
EXCLUSIVE: Branded ‘backward' and removed from mainstream schooling aged six, Maisie Barrett, now 63, struggled for the learning so cruelly denied to her. Shamefully, she was not alone. Experts now believe thousands of black children were similarly rejected by the system in the sixties and seventies as a result of ignorance and racism.
Southlake, Texas, rejected diversity lessons in schools. But a federal probe may demand them.
No Schools, No Churches!
As school construction fund dwindles, California districts in disrepair - CalMatters
The Tougaloo 9: How Black youths helped end segregation in libraries
50 years after thousands of black Memphis parents kept their children out of school in protest, here's where their demands stand today - Chalkbeat
How Colorado schools teach reading: Inside the yearslong push for change - Chalkbeat
Reparations – Has the Time Finally Come?
Civil rights movement - Wikipedia
Breaking the ghettos': The struggle to desegregate Tel Aviv's schools
The Legacy and Opportunity of Affirmative Action - The Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF
Latino students advance, only to fail - Los Angeles Times
The black children wrongly sent to 'special' schools in the 1970s
Opinion, Studies Confirm the Dehumanization of Black Children and the 'Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline