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1970 PRINCIPAL TO THE PARENTS’ OFFICE

“Who’s going to run this school –black students, white students, or you?” berates one mother to the principal, as other parents and some students look on. George Washington. It was a time of social unrest in the country, be it against the Vietnam War or ongoing, in many cases worsening, racial tensions, such as the process of integrating schools.

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