basis of their race. The education provided in the schools attended by white children was different from provided to black children. Students of color had fewer choices to attend college then white student with equal ability. As late as 1963, for example, only 12,000 of the 3,000,000 African Americans in the South attended integrated schools, in spite of the Brown decision. Housing also was restricted, the white landlord and home owners refused to rent or sell their homes to people of color; the neighborhoods…
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