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Tag: segregation

Courtesy of gsu.edu
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Georgia State Honors Black Students Who Forced Racial Integration

by WI Guest Author March 6, 2020December 21, 2021

Three Black women who sued for their right to attend Georgia State University more than 60 years ago — a groundbreaking court case that eventually led to the integration of Georgia State and other universities in the South — were recently honored by the school.

Blacks enjoy a day at the beach in segregated America. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Beaches Provide Refuge for Blacks During Jim Crow Era

by WI Guest Author March 4, 2020December 21, 2021
Orange Mound activists Angela Barksdale and Mary Mitchell help unveil a new "Preserve America" sign, a distinction Orange Mound first received during the Obama administration. A federal program administered by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Preserve America encourages community efforts to preserve and enjoy the country’s cultural and natural heritage. (Lee Eric Smith/New Tri-State Defender via NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack Experience

Orange Mound Celebrates Its History

by WI Guest Author May 28, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Black Mayor in Segregated Georgia Town Denied Office Keys by City Council — For Two Years

by WI Guest Author December 26, 2017October 31, 2020
Posted inBlack Experience, Education

Black Student Forced to Share Valedictorian Status with White Student, Says Lawsuit

by WI Guest Author July 6, 2017October 30, 2020
Courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society
Posted inBlack Experience

Students Who Protested Virginia’s Jim Crow Laws Honored

by WI Webstaff September 13, 2016October 30, 2020
Posted inNational

How Segregation Destroys Black Wealth

by Washington Informer September 15, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inNational

America’s Most Segregated Cities

by Washington Informer August 20, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inPolitics

Allies of US Civil Rights Victim Reflect 50 Years Later

by Washington Informer August 13, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inBusiness

An Indelible Black-and-White Line

by Reporter II August 8, 2015October 30, 2020

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