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Changing Face of America Reflects More Diversity
Common causes of NAACP, other Civil Rights Organizations under siege by conservative groups.
June 5, 2012 will remain for myself, one of the most paradoxical days in my life. Let me qualify this by saying I was a child of the 1950s and 60’s. I saw up close and personal the Civil Rights struggles of the 1950s and how the Viet Nam era changed our societal values forever. MICDS Graduation The day began for me officially by attending Mary Institute Country Day School’s annual Commencement Exercises, something that dates back to 1859. I couldn’t help but understand how diversity has played such a key role in the lives of MICDS students today. As students marched into the McDonnell Center on the southern end of the campus, I couldn’t help but notice the changing facing of those who would be graduating and facing the challenges of their …
James Baer
7:42 am on Friday, June 8, 2012
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