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Posts tagged racial segregation

June 25, 2012

 

Faburn DeFrantz: A Lifetime Of Leadership For Racial Progress

“Little progress ‘happens’," stated Faburn DeFrantz. "Usually it must be wrested from influences that—either belligerently or indifferently—deny it.”

March 15, 2010

 

Teaching around Jim Crow…Merze Tate

Being the first African-American to graduate from Western Michigan Teachers College wasn't enough to land Merze Tate a teaching job in her home state.

February 22, 2010

 

Monster Meetings At The YMCA

Even before the founding of the NAACP, an Indianapolis institution came to serve as a crucible for integration.

December 21, 2009

 

Equity on the Hardwood

It took a 6’3” sophomore from Shelbyville and a righteous university president to break down the color line in Big Ten basketball.

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