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“Inch by Inch”

Bill Mauldin via Library of Congress
Editorial cartoon drawn by Bill Mauldin for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1960.
Source: Bill Mauldin via Library of Congress.

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  • Black‑and‑white photograph of a classroom filled with young students seated at wooden desks. Many students have one arm raised, as if responding to a question. In the foreground, one student sits at a desk facing the camera while others behind and to the sides raise their hands. The room includes a chalkboard or bulletin board along the back wall with several papers pinned up, a doorway at center-right, and large windows on the right side letting in light. Books and classroom materials are stacked near some desks, and the overall setting suggests an older, traditional schoolroom.

    Lesson Plan

    Separate & Unequal: Investigating the Road to Brown v. Board

    Students explore Investigation Stations to better understand the pivotal Brown v. Board of Education case that recognized the human and civil rights of all students by declaring school segregation unconstitutional.

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