History Forum: The Girls Who Desegregated America’s Schools with Rachel Devlin
January 11, 2025
Overview
Historian Rachel Devlin shows how young Black girls were at the center of the grassroots movement to desegregate America’s schools and fight racial inequity in public education. In her award-winning book A Girl Stands at the Door, Devlin takes us beyond the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision and refocuses our attention on the remarkable stories of the young Black girls who led the fight. From filing desegregation lawsuits with their parents, to bravely enduring harassment and abuse while integrating formerly all-white schools, Black girls took on the difficult work of reaching across the color line in public schools. A revelatory history that recovers the underappreciated contributions of a generation of civil rights pioneers.
History Forum: The Girls Who Desegregated America’s Schools with Rachel Devlin
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History Forum: The Girls Who Desegregated America’s Schools with Rachel Devlin345 W. Kellogg Blvd
St. Paul, MN 55102