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Yazoo : Integration in a Deep-Southern Town /

In 1970 Brown v. Board of Education was sixteen years old, and fifteen years had passed since the Brown II mandate that schools integrate ""with all deliberate speed."" Still, after all this time, it was necessary for the U.S. Supreme Court to order thirty Mississippi school dist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Morris, Willie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, [2012]
Edición:New edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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