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Book highlights women who desegregated schools

Posted at 2:54 PM, Jul 18, 2018
and last updated 2018-07-18 15:54:58-04

It follows the journey of young women who desegregated America's schools. Author Rachel Devlin uncovered more than a dozen unknown or unexamined school desegregation lawsuits filed by girls and their families in the late 1940s. Their stories are all shared in her book, "A Girl Stands at the Door".