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Mississippi Schools Finally Being Forced to Integrate!

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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May 18, 2016
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| Education, Newsworthy, Politics, Race Relations, Racism, School, Society, Top Featured

Did you know that there are schools in America that are still segregated?

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“Whites Only” Sign Posted In Housing Complex Pool

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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December 15, 2011
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| Discussion, Enough Said!, law, Newsworthy, Parenting, Race Relations, Racism, Top Featured, What's Hot

Sometimes I forget that it’s 2011 and not 1956. Jamie Hein owns a private housing complex with a swimming pool and decided to post the sign which reads: “Public Swimming Pool, White Only.” The segregation sign is dated in 1931 and is from Alabama. “I’m not a bad person,” said Hein. “I don’t have any […]

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Woman Graduates 55 Years After Desegregation

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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May 12, 2011
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First Black Student To Integrate University of North Texas Finally Receives Degree Burlyce Logan, was one of 11 black students to integrate UNT and is just now receiving her degree-55 years later.. Nigga go home, pigs before nigs, burheads go home, go back to Africa –I had never heard those things before, you know?” she […]

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Top Ten Most Segregated Cities in America

By Dwight A. Owens, M.D.
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April 2, 2011
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Salon Complies List of the Top Ten Least Integrated Cities The rankings are based on a dissimilarity index, a measure used by social scientists to gauge residential segregation. A score of one indicates perfect integration while 100 indicates complete segregation. Los Angeles Segregation level: 67.84 Blacks and Latinos and more likely to live near one […]

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