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Jan. 23, 2008
Before 'Brown,' Californians Chipped Away at School Segregation Laws
Forum Column - By Stan Yogi - Years before the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision, Californians waged their own desegregation battles in court.
By Stan Yogi
This article appears on Page 6.
In 1888, 72-year-old Edmond Wysinger, a former slave, tried to enroll his 12-year-old son Arthur in a white public school. This simple but bold attempt at desegregation occurred not in the southern U.S. but in the central California town of Visalia.
For nearly a century, California was marred by laws allowing for and even mandat...
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