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African Americans go to School
African Americans fell to the Division of Negro Education. This was implemented to supervise segregation in schools. -
Working Class Scholarships
The GI Bill of Rights gave thousands of men in the US working class scholarships to get a college education. This was the first time the government did something like this. -
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
This case was brought to supreme court where they unanimously decided that segregating schools was "inherently unequal" and must be abolished. -
Milliken v Bradley
The supreme court made up of Richard Nixon's appointees rule that school are to not be desegregated across school districts. This legalized segregation of inner city children of color from the schools that wealthier white attend in the suburbs. -
A Nation at Risk
A Nation at Risk was a report put out by the Reagan Administration explaining how America's education system was failing as it was and needed to change -
Proposition 187
Passed in California making it illegal for children of undocumented immigrants to attend a public school. Though the Federal courts held Proposition 187 unconstitutional but due to the rise of anti-immigrants in the US is wasn't held back.