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Chapter 1

Challenging Segregation in the Courts

Mrs. Nettie Hunt, sitting on steps of Supreme Court, holding newspaper, explaining to her daughter Nikie the meaning of the Supreme Court's decision banning school segregation
Freedom never descends upon a people. It is always bought with a price.

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Black and white photograph of children seated in a classroom on benches.  There is also a male teacher reading to them from an open book.
Black and white photograph of woman sitting in living room reading a newspaper to a boy seated on the arm of the chair.
Black and white photograph of 25th anniversary of Brown v Board.  People hold signs saying that America's schools are still segregated in 1979.
A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi . . . has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States.