Schooling
Though indirectly, Lewis's actions resulted in improved Black schooling. Nancy MacLean, P.H.D., asserts, “In the area of school segregation, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and subsequent court victories enabled other activists to make the first significant headway in breaking down since the Supreme Court had issued its Brown v. Board of Education decision over a decade before.” |
"We make so much progress, we make so much progress in America. The struggle is going away. Come and walk in my shoes. We are on our way toward laying down the burden of race in America. There won't be any turning back. We cannot go back. We are destine to build a beloved community, to build a truly interracial democracy in America. When you think about it... we all came to this country; our forefathers and foremothers in different ships, but we're all in the same boat. We don't have any choice in America but to create one nation, one America, one House." (NPR) |