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Source: “Comparison of Enrollment by Race in Mississippi Public Schools,” (1969-1971), archived report by Mississippi Department of Audit.

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How Integration Failed in Jackson’s Public Schools from 1969 to 2017

Jackson's public schools, like the majority in the state, remained solidly separate and unequal in the 1950s and 1960s despite the ruling in the Brown v. Topeka Board of Education …

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