desegregation /tags/desegregation desegregation en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:51:04 GMT How Yvonne Lee Odom changed Palm Beach County Schools forever /podcast/sundial/2023-09-25/yvonne-lee-odom-palm-beach-county-schools Yvonne Lee Odom has had a 45-year teaching career in Delray Beach, she desegregated Palm Beach County schools as a 15-year-old high school sophomore and is tennis star Coco Gauff’s grandmother. Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:51:04 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-09-25/yvonne-lee-odom-palm-beach-county-schools Wilkine Brutus, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Helen Acevedo, Elisa Baena Officials hope magnet schools can boost declining enrollment rates in Miami-Dade /education/2023-01-10/officials-hope-magnet-schools-can-boost-declining-enrollment-rates-in-miami-dade Magnet programs were initially created to promote innovation and integration — by offering specialized curriculum to draw in students outside of schools' residential boundaries. District officials hope the programs will pull more kids into under-enrolled schools. Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /education/2023-01-10/officials-hope-magnet-schools-can-boost-declining-enrollment-rates-in-miami-dade Kate Payne Contracts That Helped Launch Desegregation On Display At Marlins Games /culture/2016-08-08/contracts-that-helped-launch-desegregation-on-display-at-marlins-games In 1947, a 28-year-old baseball player named Jackie Robinson broke the Major League’s color barrier when he signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers.… Mon, 08 Aug 2016 23:37:34 GMT /culture/2016-08-08/contracts-that-helped-launch-desegregation-on-display-at-marlins-games 100 Black Men Of America Convention Geared To Overcome Stereotypes /education/2014-06-13/100-black-men-of-america-convention-geared-to-overcome-stereotypes More than 1,500 members of the civic group 100 Black Men of America are in Fort Lauderdale this week for the organization’s 28th annual convention.The… Fri, 13 Jun 2014 04:54:29 GMT /education/2014-06-13/100-black-men-of-america-convention-geared-to-overcome-stereotypes What Desegregation Was Like In Miami /education/2014-06-09/what-desegregation-was-like-in-miami Brown v. Board of Education — the Supreme Court decision declaring segregated schools were inherently unequal — turns 60 years old this year.Earlier this… Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:47:02 GMT /education/2014-06-09/what-desegregation-was-like-in-miami Sammy Mack Hear Floridians Talk About Their Desegregation Experiences /education/2014-05-12/hear-floridians-talk-about-their-desegregation-experiences This weekend marks the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education — the Supreme Court decision declaring segregated schools were inherently unequal.A… Mon, 12 May 2014 18:34:50 GMT /education/2014-05-12/hear-floridians-talk-about-their-desegregation-experiences Sammy Mack Early Settler Recalls Miami's Bustling Black Neighborhood Called "Colored Town" /this-miami-life/2013-06-21/early-settler-recalls-miamis-bustling-black-neighborhood-called-colored-town My maternal grandparents, Sam D. and Ida Ellen Roberts Johnson, were born in Harbour Island, Bahamas. It is believed that their foreparents were among the… Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:35:00 GMT /this-miami-life/2013-06-21/early-settler-recalls-miamis-bustling-black-neighborhood-called-colored-town Dorothy Ellen Jenkins Fields Desegregation Pioneer Recalls School Integration In Miami /education/2013-04-29/desegregation-pioneer-recalls-school-integration-in-miami I was born in Nashville and spent the first four years of my life in Tuskegee, Ala.My father, Dr. John O. Brown Sr., moved to Miami in 1955 to begin his… Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:27:00 GMT /education/2013-04-29/desegregation-pioneer-recalls-school-integration-in-miami Gala Brown Munnings