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1/6 The Supreme Court decided that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional—but it was thousands of children who actually desegregated America’s classrooms, writes @beccarosen. Here are five of their stories. Introducing #TheFirsts: theatlantic.com/education/arch…
2/6 Hugh Price and his family fought for him to be one of the first Black students at an all-white high school in Washington, D.C. Once he was there, he “couldn’t wait for it to be over,” @AdamHSays reports. theatlantic.com/education/arch…
3/6 Jo Ann Allen Boyce and 11 other students desegregated their high school in Clinton, Tennessee. Then the riots came, @AdamHSays writes. theatlantic.com/education/arch…
4/6 Sonnie Hereford IV desegregated Alabama’s public schools in 1963. He was only 6 years old. By @AdamHSays: theatlantic.com/education/arch…
5/6 Millicent Brown changed Charleston, then watched it stay the same, @AdamHSays reports. theatlantic.com/education/arch…
6/6 Frederick K. Brewington’s education came at the end of a bitter civil-rights battle that engulfed New York state, more than a decade after 'Brown v. Board of Education.' From @AdamHSays: theatlantic.com/education/arch…

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