William Frantz Public School: One School, One Century, Many Stories
William Frantz Public School (WFPS) in New Orleans, Louisiana, played a significant role in the story of desegregation in public K-12 education in the United States. This story began in 1960 when first-grader, Ruby Bridges, surrounded by federal marshals, climbed the steps to enroll as the school’s...
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Language: | English |
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University of Alberta
2018-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education |
Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jcie/index.php/JCIE/article/view/29344 |