integration
June 15, 1971. That was the day that the groundbreaking 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision outlawing racial segregation in public schools was narrowly operationalized as being about the racial integration of students. Following Brown, segregationists waged a protracted fight (known as “massive resistance”) against the new law of the land. This fight […]
June 15, 1971. That was the day that the groundbreaking 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision outlawing racial segregation in public schools was narrowly operationalized as being about the racial integration of students. Following Brown, segregationists waged a protracted fight (known as “massive resistance”) against the new law of the land. This fight […]
FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now) — Patricia Gaither is one of three Black students to graduate from Frederick High School shortly after integration began in public schools in the 1960s. “When I saw all those white people, I said, ‘Oh my God, am I in the right place? Did I do the right thing?’ It […]
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday once again confirmed his country’s support for Georgia’s European integration and acknowledged its progress in the process in a meeting with his Georgian counterpart Ilia Darchiashvili. Darchiashvili, hosted in his visit to Greece, briefed his colleague on the steps being taken by the Government for implementing the European […]
Florida State University President Richard McCullough and Board of Trustees Chair Peter Collins commemorated the university’s 1962 integration during a ceremony Thursday, Nov. 17, that celebrated inclusion and the trailblazers who made it happen. The 60th Anniversary of Integration Recognition Ceremony took place at FSU’s Integration Statue, which depicts and honors pioneers Maxwell Courtney, Fred Flowers and […]
JACKSON, Miss. — The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to 89-year-old James Meredith 60 years after white protesters erupted into violence as he became the first Black student to enroll in what was then a bastion of Deep South segregation. As it has done on other 10-year anniversaries of integration, the university is hosting celebrations […]
JACKSON, Miss. — The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to 89-year-old James Meredith 60 years after white protesters erupted into violence as he became the first Black student to enroll in what was then a bastion of Deep South segregation. As it has done on other 10-year anniversaries of integration, the university is hosting celebrations […]
Rhondalyn Peairs (front), tour speaker and founder of Historich, an educational tourism company that organized the Civil Rights in Oxford Town bus tour, speaks about the Freedom Trail Marker on the UM campus during a tour. Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services OXFORD, Miss. – As the bus pulled away from the Lyceum […]
Earl Lloyd, selected No. 100 in the 1950 Draft, was the first African-American to play in an NBA game. The NBA isn’t alone in celebrating its history across 75 years this season. Major League Baseball has a big diamond anniversary coming up on April 15 – on that date in 1947, Jackie Robinson played his […]
An analysis published Wednesday by Moody’s showed that racial integration reaps significant benefits for communities — and could have a significant impact on U.S. economic output. Moody’s paper reported that “that the more racially integrated our society, the stronger our economy.” It estimated that the U.S.’s real gross domestic product growth in the next ten years would increase from 2.4% to […]