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Study: Education About Civil Rights Movement Is 'Dismal' In U.S. Schools

An unidentified African American student sits inside a classroom at Clinton High School, which was newly integrated when this photo was taken on Aug. 31, 1956. She sits in a rear seat near the door and is separated by empty desks as the white children sit at the far side of the room. (AP)
An unidentified African American student sits inside a classroom at Clinton High School, which was newly integrated when this photo was taken on Aug. 31, 1956. She sits in a rear seat near the door and is separated by empty desks as the white children sit at the far side of the room. (AP)

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