Tag: Civil rights in education
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Discover how Cornelius Golightly led Detroit’s schools and challenged academic spaces as the first Black president of the Detroit Board of Education and a pioneering philosophy professor at Wayne State.
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The amazing story of Nana Timothy Aye Kusi, the Ghanaian trailblazer who became the first Black person to enroll at Centre College in Kentucky in 1961, breaking decades-long racial barriers. Learn about the challenges he faced, the school’s…
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