NORFOLK, Va. — Vivian Monroe-Hester’s high school textbooks harbored hatred in their margins. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] As a teenager at the all-black Booker T. Washington High School in segregated, 1960s-era Virginia, Monroe-Hester studied from used books passed along by white high schools. White students, knowing the texts’ final destination, scrawled their animus atop pictures, beneath paragraphs, […]
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The Norfolk 17 face a hostile reception as schools reopen | The Virginian-Pilot
Three weeks later than originally scheduled, Norfolk schools were finally ready to open. Well, most of them. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] On Sept. 29, 1958, 48 of Norfolk’s schools welcomed students – but the doors of six were padlocked and under police guard. Maury, Norview and Granby high schools and Northside, Norview and Blair junior highs remained […]
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A Witness to the Desegregation—and Resegregation—of America’s Schools | The Atlantic
Rebecca Palacios began teaching soon after a landmark court case mandated integration of Latino schools—and watched the case’s effects weaken over decades.
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Segregation Begins in Pre-K
New York City’s lauded universal pre-K program has a problem when it comes to diversity in the classroom.
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Cal State LA offers segregated housing for black students
California State University Los Angeles recently rolled out segregated housing for black students.
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