abagond: (via Where Are They Now?: Dorothy Counts - Charlotte, NC) And yet, the girl in the photogra
abagond:(via Where Are They Now?: Dorothy Counts - Charlotte, NC)And yet, the girl in the photograph is worried that, fifty-three years later, we’re headed backward. In the eleven years since a federal judge ordered an end to race-based busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, schools have largely resegregated, and Counts-Scoggins sees evidence of inequality.At West Charlotte High — a predominantly African American school her granddaughter recently graduated from — she says the lack of resources is disturbing.“At the beginning of the school year, they would go for weeks without books, for weeks without enough chairs for everyone in the classroom,” she says. “When I heard about that I thought, Lord, this brings back memories.” -- source link
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