School+Desegregation+Across+the+Country

School Desegregation at the College Level
[|A Story] of a young girl breaking the color barrier at Virgina College. This is both a personal story and factual article. It describes a young girls memories of seeing her sister in the media because she was the first student of color to enroll at Virgina College. The article is also a part of a information web which can be used to link to other articles and stories in the same topic field. This site is in a sub domain of the Smithsonian so the information can be considered accurate and reliable.(TC)

Mendez v. Westminster: Desegregating California's Schools
Eight years before the decision of Brown v. Board of Education, Mexican Americans in Orange County, California won a class action lawsuit to desegregated their school system. [|The video] at this link recalls the conditions that triggered the lawsuit and the results of the verdict that was determined. It is interesting to see that even before the large and well noted civil rights events happened he same things had already happened and went unnoticed when looking back in history.(TC)

Civil Rights 101
Civil Rights 101 is a note worthy [|web site] with good information by The Leadership Conference. However, it seems to be a somewhat bias source. There is a brief timeline of events from the past to present of African American struggles for equality and integration. Be sure when visiting this site you take the information and facts out leaving the opinions out. (TC)

Boston School Desegregation Video


This video involves Boston's heavy resistance to segregate schools in 1974. Due to violent protesting, school buses had to escorted by armed forces. This event is very historic because it did not occur in a southern state. (RP)