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A History of School Integration & Civil Rights in the North
February 2, 2022,
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Montclair Public Library
SponsorMontclair Public LibraryCostFree and Open to AllMore Informationhttps://asm.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=46577&int_category_id=23&int_sub_category_id=110&int_catalog_id=0Posted InCollege of Education and Human Services
Since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 Americans have viewed school integration as a central tenet of the Black civil rights movement. Yet, school integration was not the only - or even always the dominant - civil rights strategy. At times, African Americans also fought for separate, Black controlled schools dedicated to racial uplift and community empowerment.
Join MSU Professor Zoë Burkholder for a discussion of the history of school desegregation and Black educational activism in the North.
This talk will discuss the history of school integration in New Jersey, with a special focus on the history of school desegregation and Black educational equality in the Montclair Public Schools.