Black Children, White Schools
Episode 71: A conversation with historian Noliwe Rooks about democracy, education, and her new book Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children
On November 14, 1960, 6-year-old Tessie Prevost woke up and put on one of her prettiest dresses.
Like Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Ruby Bridges, Tessie was a very special little girl. Along with hundreds of other Black children, the New Orleans Four, as they would forever be known, had taken ...
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