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S4E4 Black History Month: Scarboro 85 - Desegregating Oak Ridge Schools - 02/26/24 - Ray Smith, Oak Ridge Historian
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As we near the end of Black History Month, in this week’s podcast host Michael Butler features the story of the Scarboro 85. In August 1955, 85 young African American students entered all-white classrooms in the Oak Ridge High School and the Robertsville Junior High School in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This desegregation stands as an important milestone in American civil rights history. Oak Ridge City Historian Ray Smith is our guest.
Visit the Gone Fission Nuclear Report channel on youtube.com for a videocast of episodes since November 7, 2022.
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Manage episode 402751033 series 3004695
As we near the end of Black History Month, in this week’s podcast host Michael Butler features the story of the Scarboro 85. In August 1955, 85 young African American students entered all-white classrooms in the Oak Ridge High School and the Robertsville Junior High School in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This desegregation stands as an important milestone in American civil rights history. Oak Ridge City Historian Ray Smith is our guest.
Visit the Gone Fission Nuclear Report channel on youtube.com for a videocast of episodes since November 7, 2022.
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