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Reading, Writing & Civil Rights

Several Southwest Florida residents share their memories of school desegregation.

Aired 02/26/2015 | Rating NR

WGCU Local Productions

Reading, Writing & Civil Rights

Special | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Several Southwest Florida residents share their memories of school desegregation.

The Lee County school district may have been one of the last to satisfy the courts, but schools in Punta Gorda and Sanibel Island were among the first in Florida to integrate their students. Some 50 years later, several Southwest Florida residents share their memories of being the first African Americans to brave one of the most dramatic social experiments of the 20th century.

Aired 02/26/2015 | Rating NR

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WGCU Local Productions

Reading, Writing & Civil Rights

Special | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

The Lee County school district may have been one of the last to satisfy the courts, but schools in Punta Gorda and Sanibel Island were among the first in Florida to integrate their students. Some 50 years later, several Southwest Florida residents share their memories of being the first African Americans to brave one of the most dramatic social experiments of the 20th century.

Aired 02/26/2015 | Rating NR

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