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Bob Feldman : Texas Civil Rights Movement Wins Big Victories, 1954-1973
White and African American students from Austin area colleges sit in at a segregated lunch counter on Congress Avenue in Austin, April 1960 as part of a concerted effort to integrate lunch counters. Image from Austin History Center. The hidden … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Feldman, Campuses, Civil Rights Movement, Direct Action, Segregation, Sixties, Texas History, UT-Austin
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Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte : Supreme Court Case Raises Larger Diversity Issues at UT-Austin
Though the UT-Austin student body is among the most diverse in the country, other related issues plague the school and its history. Photo by Eric Gay / AP / Christian Science Monitor.Supreme Court focus on UTstudent DNA masks pressing issues … Continue reading
Bob Feldman : Segregation and Lynchings in Texas, 1890-1920
Unidentified African-American man lynched in Texas, 1910. Image from Legends of America.The hidden history of Texas Part IX: 1890-1920/1 — Segregation and lynchings in Texas By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / January 24, 2012 [This is the first … Continue reading
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U.S. Schools : Segregation Worse Today Than in the 1950’s
“The Problem We All Live With” by Norman Rockwell. Photo courtesy of the Detroit Institute of Arts.U.S. schools are more segregated today than in the 1950s In California and Texas segregation is spreading into large sections of suburbia as well. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Civil Rights Movement, Education, Public Schools, Segregation
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