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Selma School Board Reinstates Black Superintendent Amid Protests
In Selma Alabama public schools closed as hundreds of black residents demanded more Black representation on the school board after Norward Roussell, the first Black superintendent, was briefly fired and then reinstated. Protests included chants like soul power and I am somebody, with calls for elected boards and extended contracts.
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Norward Roussell
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Joe Smitherman
Rose Sanders
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