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...prediction was wrong. One of the reasons is a cadre of dedicated white teachers whose careers go back to the 1920s-old hands such as Biology Teacher Rebekah Leibengood, English Teacher Virginia Oldham and Coach Harry Slaymaker. Instead of deserting, they stayed on to join several gifted Negro teachers in saving Central. Explains veteran Guidance Counselor Hortense Schaller: "We've fought against letting our expectations drop. We are not willing to accept the idea that because a child comes from a less favorable environment he can't make it. We have not given in one iota...
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