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'Little Rock 9' Member Says Public School Segregation Exists

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'Little Rock 9' Member Says Public School Segregation Exists

DATE : Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:38:38 PST
Entered in Database : 2008-06-27 19:15:35
length : 8290092
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On Sept. 25, 1957, nine black students -- later referred to as the "Little Rock Nine" -- tried to enter Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Fifty years after one of the most famous school de-segregation moments in our nation's history, what lasting impact does this event have on public education today? We speak with Dr. Terrence Roberts, one of the original Little Rock Nine, about what went through is head that day, what motivated him and why he thinks segregation still exists in public schools.

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