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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/school-choice-history-of-segregation-collide-as-florida-county-consolidates-rural-schools by Kate Payne 22/8/24 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/school-choice-history-of-segregation-collide-as-florida-county-consolidates-rural-schools by Kate Payne 22/8/24 PBS NEWS] | ||
In the Florida panhandle, one tiny district plans to consolidate its last three stand-alone elementary schools into one campus because there aren’t enough students to cover the costs of keeping the doors open. But the Madison County School District’s decision to do so has exposed tensions around race in a community where for years some white families have resisted integrating public schools. | In the Florida panhandle, one tiny district plans to consolidate its last three stand-alone elementary schools into one campus because there aren’t enough students to cover the costs of keeping the doors open. But the Madison County School District’s decision to do so has exposed tensions around race in a community where for years some white families have resisted integrating public schools. | ||
=====Supreme Court Decision Sparks Massive White Resistance to School Integration===== | |||
[https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/17 by eji] | |||
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that segregation in public education was unconstitutional, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine in place since 1896 and sparking massive resistance among white Americans committed to racial inequality. | |||
