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Clara Kirk on Gent's Addition and racial harmony in Marion
Clara Kirk a longtime Marion teacher reflects on Gent's Addition as a neglected city district not a ghetto. She discusses housing discrimination employment bias and the two way street of hate urging understanding and color blindness. The piece notes her career at Douglass and Washington schools and recalls past white residents who moved away amid rising racism. Springfield AP: a state police retirement bill becomes law July 1 1974 signed by Gov. Walker sponsored by Rep. James Pate Philip.
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