Organizers of a reunion for Black students from the first integrated class of a South Side Chicago high school reflect on the struggles of integration

“[There were] about 110 African-American students who started in 1965 as freshmen. When we graduated, there were only forty-three of us left because of people getting kicked out and parents not wanting us to go through racial unrest anymore.”

Submitted July 24, 2019 at 02:29PM by popularraspberry https://ift.tt/30V2xQ4