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15 year-old Dorothy Counts, the only Black student in her newly desegregated school, is harassed by white students. Family friend Dr. Edwin Tompkins accompanies her. North Carolina, USA, 1957 (media.piefed.social)
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[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Also, after integrating the schools, they didn't need as many teachers and administrators as they did before. Guess which people they kept.

[-] III@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Isn't it comforting to know that in today's world we would just fire the ones making the most money or replace them all with an overly expensive AI? Progress...

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