African-American Students Boycott Sex-Segregated Mississippi Schools
The New York Times reported on this day that African-American students in Amite County, Mississippi, continued a boycott of sex-segregated public schools.
The students were placed in separate male/female schools after the county school system was racially integrated. Only 50 out of about 2,000 students came to school during the boycott.
It was obvious to almost everyone that the move was made to keep white female students separated from African-American male students.
Learn about the ACLU position on sex-segregated schools: https://www.aclu.org/womens-rights/sex-segregated-schools-separate-and-unequal
Read about the effectiveness of sex-segregated schools from Teaching Tolerance here.
Visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture here