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Riots: The New Orleans School Integration
The new orleans school integration tell how black was discriminated and tortured.On November 14, 1960, four girls, shielded and protected by armed United States marshals, integrated the In the days following the integration, riots led by staunch segregationists erupted throughout the city and student enrollments at the two desegregated schools dwindled, as parents chose to enroll their children in the city's private schools. two schools.
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