Hate behind opposition to school desegregation remains today, say civil rights icons who faced it
Civil rights icons Dr. Leona Tate and Carlotta Walls LaNier spoke in Iowa about the history of school desegregation and the persistence of hate in modern society.
Carmen Jungbluth drove from Boone to eastern Iowa on Thursday to hear two pioneers of school desegregation from the American South speak to a crowd of 120 rapt audience members in the lead-off event to a three-day tour of Iowa dedicated to barrier-breaking events that civil rights icons Dr. Leona Tate and Carlotta Walls LaNier […]
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