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The convention begins Wednesday; activities include a block party on Friday, and panel discussions during the weekend.
Michael Bruce Curry (born March 13, 1953) is an American retired bishop who was the 27th presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church.Elected in 2015, he was the first African American elected to the role, having previously served as Bishop of North Carolina from 2000 to 2015.
Michael Curry may refer to: Michael Curry (basketball) (born 1968), American basketball player and coach; Michael Curry (bishop) (born 1953), Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Michael Curry (puppet designer) (born 1967), American production designer; Michael Curry (rugby union) (born 1994), New Zealand rugby union player; Mickey Curry ...
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It influenced Boston politics and contributed to demographic shifts of Boston's school-age population, leading to a decline of public-school enrollment and white flight to the suburbs. Full control of the desegregation plan was transferred to the Boston School Committee in 1988; in 2013 the busing system was replaced by one with dramatically ...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) [a] is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.
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Morgan v. Hennigan was the case that defined the school busing controversy in Boston, Massachusetts during the 1970s. On March 14, 1972, the Boston chapter of the NAACP filed a class action lawsuit against the Boston School Committee on behalf of 14 black parents and 44 children. [1]