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Women teachers were largely successful,and got better pay. Got to go to a higher level of admins.
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Teachers went about their work with less public agitation, but among African-American educators, significant obstacles remained.
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Viola Duval Stewart challenged the unequal pay, and she won her suit.
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Brown suit, brought by parents in Topeka, Kansas, argued that segregated schools were inherently unequal. The Supreme Court agreed by unanimous decision.
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The Court followed up by announcing that schools must desegregate "with all deliberate speed.
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Teachers became more militant, battling for civil rights, community control of schools, and anti-poverty programs.
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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education.
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"A Nation at Risk" depicted teachers who were both underqualified and underpaid.
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A follow-up report in "A Nation Prepared," laid the foundations for a new professionalism.
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They remain inspired and challenged by their students.