NAACP Joins Legal Battle Against Arkansas LEARNS Act's Anti-DEI Efforts

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NAACP Joins Legal Battle Against Arkansas LEARNS Act's Anti-DEI Efforts

NAACP Arkansas chapter president says the state's Black community has a history of fighting for equal education and say that will continue.

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(1886) Alexander Crummell, “Common Sense in Common Schooling”

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Fauntroy, Walter E. (1933- )

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