History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1861 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Schools Closed
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The idea
For the nineteen fifty-eight school year Faubus closed Little Rock's public schools, all of them in the anchor's account, its high schools in the Yawp's.
In practice
A student watching lessons on television while the schools stood empty, as a Yawp photograph of nineteen fifty-eight shows.
Where people slip
In nineteen fifty-nine, the anchor records, the Supreme Court ordered the schools reopened and desegregation to proceed.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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