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Spirit of Attucks memories amid integration history
Former Attucks students recall the 1959 to 1964 integration era in Carbondale and the surrounding region. They describe challenges and community bonds, the loss of the all black Attucks High, transfers to University High, and ongoing efforts to recruit minority teachers. The piece notes leaders, boycotts, Klan threats, and legal actions shaping desegregation across southern Illinois.
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Nesbitt
Delores Albritton
Attucks High
Carbondale High School
Attucks
Albritton
Spirit of Attucks
East Main Street
Willie D. Anderson
Integrated University High School
Southern Illinois University
Arthur Newbern
CCHS
U-High
South
Elizabeth Mosely Lewin
Carbondale
University School
Archibald Mosely
Colp
Mosely
Ku Klux Klan
Lewin
Newbern
Olmsted
Lovejoy High School
Mound City
SIU
Carter
SIUC
Dick Gregory
Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
J.D. Russell
Murphysboro
Lewis
Mosley
Lewis Turley
Harrisburg
Cairo
Illinois
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
Ullin
FBI
Lincoln School
Brown v. Board of Education