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Black high school students who didn’t go to college or dropped out are more likely to say they want to go, or go back, than similar white students – 50% to 42%, respectively – according to ...
In 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations.
Pinellas High School's "Top 10 of '61" pose for a photo on June 1, 1961. Seated from left, the graduates are Ella Jenkins, Lillie Spann, salutatorian Marye Davis, Emmi Dale McCarey and Mary Williams.