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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People The Jim Crow School-North and West

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.154.02 Author/Creator: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: July 1962 Pagination: 11 p. ; 22.7 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "The Jim Crow School-North and West," from July 1962. Document pertains to efforts to desegregate schools in the North and West states, expresses the NAACP's position on reducing segregation in schools in the North. Includes illustrations to desegregate schools and zoning laws.

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