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New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the country, with the second highest per capita income, has a well-developed public school system. A change to its constitution in 1947 outlawed overt segregation in schools, a decade before Brown v. Board of Education. [1] In 1941, New Jersey had seventy districts with some form of formal ...
The Colossus of Rhodes straddling over the harbor, painting by Ferdinand Knab, 1886. The Colossus of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: ὁ Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδιος, romanized: ho Kolossòs Rhódios; Modern Greek: Κολοσσός της Ρόδου, romanized: Kolossós tis Ródou) [a] was a statue of the Greek sun god Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by ...
She recalled her first day in a new middle school. She took public transportation as a 12-year-old in 1971 in a busing program that took her into a district different from her own neighborhood in ...
Latino Action Network v. New Jersey is a lawsuit filed on May 17, 2018, on the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education which claims that the State of New Jersey provides separate and unequal schools to minority children in violation of their constitutional rights and that there is segregation in New Jersey public schools.
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Hedgepeth-Williams was an early step towards the desegregation of New Jersey and the passage of statewide antidiscrimination laws. The Trenton Public School District began integrating soon after the decision; by 1946, the New Lincoln School had been renamed to Junior High No. 5, and the faculty and student body at all schools were integrated.
The arrival of the first African Americans in New Jersey can be traced back to the 17th century when Dutch settlers brought enslaved Africans to the region. [6] [7] During the American Revolution, New Jersey became a battleground in the fight against British rule, with many joining the Continental Army and fighting for their own freedom.