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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: desegregation

desegregation stories: 2 news summaries
ANALYSIS

A Post-Racial Society? Your Toddler Would Beg to Differ

Kids learn racial difference early, and parents aren't helping

Sep 6, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Parents, if you think you’re raising color-blind children by avoiding open discussions on race, you’re wrong and could actually be doing the opposite, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman write in a lengthy Newsweek article exposing how babies really learn about racial difference. Many white parents shy away from... More »

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race • children • parents • race relations • racism • post-racial • desegregation • babies

 Little Rock Desegregation 
 Heroes Mark New Era 

Former students who helped pave way for Obama presidency to attend inauguration

Jan 20, 09 1:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Five decades ago, nine teenagers walked into their new high school through screaming mobs who spat at them and shouted racist abuse. They were the first black students to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., and became known as the Little Rock Nine. Seven of them will attend... More »

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civil rights • Little Rock Nine • President Obama • Inauguration Day • desegregation • Brown v. Board of Education • Tuskegee Airmen • Melba Patillo Beals • Elizabeth Eckford

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