October 10, 2016
Brenda Travis, who was expelled from her McComb, Miss., high school in 1961 for protesting for civil rights, speaks out about the importance of education.
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Teen, Expelled from School and the State, Back as Adult to Push Education
Summit Town Councilman Joe Lewis said that when Brenda Travis was expelled from Burglund High School on Oct. 4, 1961, it took his classmates minutes—"not days or weeks"—to decide they ...
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