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As a Famous Desegregation Case Gets its Historical Due, One Family Feels Left Outnew

Mendez v. Westminster never made it into the official Orange County story, though, existing only in the historical margins of ethnic studies. But this wrong is finally being righted. But one plaintiff family -- the Ramirezes -- feel like they're being written out of this newly filled historical gap.
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  11-10-2009  |  History

Slouching Towards Equalitynew

Looking back at the Little Rock Public Schools' desegregation crisis, 50 years later.
Arkansas Times  |  Johanna Miller Lewis  |  09-21-2007  |  Race & Class

Ruby Bridges and Ruby Hallnew

In 1960, the nation watched 6-year-old Ruby Bridges integrate William Frantz Elementary School. Today, Ruby Hall lives quietly in New Orleans and rents a storage facility just to keep the mail she receives from schoolkids across the country.
Gambit  |  Katy Reckdahl  |  07-12-2004  |  Race & Class

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