The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
American Experience - Season 35

The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools ()

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When the Supreme Court issued an order to fully and immediately desegregate schools in October 1969, Leland Mississippi finally met the demand put forth in the 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision. In the fall of 1970, a group of children entered school as part of the first class of Black and white students who would attend all 12 grades together.