Right now, all sorts of people are trying to rethink and reinvent education, to get poor minority kids performing as well as white kids. But there's one thing nobody tries anymore, despite lots of evidence that it works: desegregation. Nikole Hannah-Jones looks at a district that, not long ago, accidentally launched a desegregation program.
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Norman Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With," depicting Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to attend an all white elementary school in the South.
Artwork approved by The Norman Rockwell Family Agency.
More in this Series
The Problem We All Live With - Part Two
Prologue
The Problem We All Live With PART ONE
The Problem We All Live With PART TWO
Nikole Hannah-Jones' story on the Normandy school district from the first part of the show continues. (14 minutes)
Nikole also wrote about Normandy for ProPublica, and she wrote an incredibly memorable story about choosing a school for her own daughter for The New York Times.
And Elisa Crouch's article in St Louis Dispatch that documented the day in the life of one Normandy senior is here.
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Act One: Breaking the Ice
Act Two: The Real Decoy
Act Five: Debate Is Not Allowed During a Vote
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