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Curious Kids: Who was the first black child to go to an integrated school?

  • Written by Russell Ellsworth Lovell II, Professor Emeritus, Drake University Law School, Drake University
School segregation was the law of the land in the U.S. during much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com

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