Posts by Charles Prickett
Succeeding in Our Public Schools
Changing Our Public Schools… For centuries, people of color in the United States of America were banned from public schools. These laws, which were prevalent in the South but also were passed by state legislatures in the Southwest and Midwest, segregated blacks and whites in all aspects of public life, including attendance of public schools. …
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Voting in America… The United States of America is a democracy. All citizens vote in elections to elect public officials, approve or disapprove taxes, and a wide range of other issues, depending upon the state in which the voter resides. Except that all citizens cannot vote. Historically, people of color were denied the right to…
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