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Fifty years after Brown, the city's storied past as the epicenter of school desegregation remains evident. Still standing is the tidy brick schoolhouse of the once segregated Monroe Elementary, which Linda Brown attended when her father Oliver sued to gain admission for his daughter to an all-white school closer to their home. Now a national historic site, Monroe is also the future home of the educational Brown Foundation, run by Linda and her younger sister Cheryl, which awards scholarships and publishes literature commemorating the case. Not far away is the Thurgood Marshall Bridge, namesake of the N.A.A.C.P. special...
...seriously influencing Congressional thought. "If they could prove they represented an overwhelming majority," one legislative aide commented, "then we might be swayed." A check of offices on the Hill revealed that mail is generally running heavily in favor of resumed testing. Several aides pointed out that the Project would gain in influence if it could affect the mail ratio...
...year later, the group increased the minimum class rank and standardized test scores—psst…otherwise known as the Academic Index—necessary to gain entrance into an Ivy League institution. This was a good decision, because, as we all know, grades and test scores can tell us everything about an individual...
...have spent significant amounts of our lives on stage—in one sense or another,” says Carlisle. “These stages were created for us—all we had to do was audition—take certain pre-determined steps to gain that pre-determined place in the spotlight. The good news about being a singer- songwriter is that no one’s going to tell you what...
...time, Wetzel couldn’t seek advice from Fish—a player must gain release from his athletic program before talking to others—but he talked extensively to Crimson players, gleaning as much information as he could about the university...