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Blacks arrived in the United States
The beginning of blacks in the United States -
Brown vs. Board of Education
"Old fashioned" -
Ruby Bridges
First black individual to be put into a "white" school. -
Scores
Blacks scored 39 points worse than whites -
Integration
What works but is not being done. -
Improvement of Scores
Blacks improved to only 18 points worse than whites -
Desegregation Ended
The integration in St. Louis ended. -
Accidental Integration
Normandy students transferred to a different district that was 85% white. -
Normandy School District
The Missouri State Board of Education pulled accreditation from the Normandy School District. -
Needra and Marria
Worried about her daughter's education. The teachers in the school were overwhelmed and had too many students in the classroom. Needra was able to send her daughter to a near by school for free because of Normandy District was no longer accredited. -
Rename of Normandy
Normandy was spending too much money on transportation and other costs so they renamed the district. The 1,000 students who transferred to other districts had to come back. -
Charles Pearson
New Superintendent of Normandy -
Blacks and Latinos in Segregated Schools
Data shows that blacks and latinos have the least qualified teachers