Today, for Black History Month, we remember events of February 6, 1956, when white students rioted at the University of Alabama against court-ordered admission of its first black student, Lucy Autherine. After Brown v the Board of Education, the University of Alabama was forced to accept African American students. Even though they let Lucy attend classes, they still barred her from all dormitories and dining halls. Lucy attended her first class on Friday, February 3, 1956. On Monday, February 6, 1956, riots broke out on the campus. A mob of more than a thousand men pelted the car in which the Dean of Women drove Lucy between classes. They threatened her life and stoned the University president's home. Afterward, the University suspended her from school “for her own safety.”

How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out.
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Our reporters mined a trove of data that revealed detailed demographic information about private schools. That helped us find illuminating stories about how those schools divide communities.

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The Story of One #Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating #Segregation
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A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with white students.

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