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Why MLK Encouraged 225,000 Chicago Kids to Cut Class in 1963

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Ten years after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, Chicago’s schools remained segregated and unequal. Over 200,000 children protested the conditions.

This entry was posted in Voices of Protest and tagged Historic Figures, History on February 4, 2019 by Anita Hacker.

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