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What did white children have to say about their "all-white" schools integrating? – Julia M.N., age 11, New York City

In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that racially segregated schools violated the civil rights of Black students. Black Americans throughout the country celebrated the de...