desegregation
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Holmes ruling, which ordered the immediate desegregation of Southern schools.
From Salon
The last time the military was deployed without a governor’s request or approval, military experts said, was to facilitate court-ordered desegregation in Southern states during the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times
In addition to Cheney and Thompson, 18 other honorees were recognized at the Thursday ceremony, including a military doctor who improved battlefield trauma care and a civil rights leader who fought for desegregation.
From Salon
Harris’ ambitions bloomed at Thousand Oaks Elementary, where she was among the first bused to a new school as part of Berkeley’s voluntary desegregation program while other parts of the country resisted merging districts.
From Los Angeles Times
She joined La Mutua last year after discovering while working on the Alamosa school desegregation case that family members had once belonged.
From Los Angeles Times
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