Lessons for today from the overlooked stories of Black teachers during the segregated civil rights era
By Marlee Bunch | September 29, 2023 | The Conversation My grandmother’s name was Mrs. Zola Jackson. As one of the handful of Black teachers in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era of racially segregated public schools, she faced a daunting challenge in providing a first-class education to students considered second-class citizens. Educated at Rust […]