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Congress quietly is considering a resolution to require the U.S. Treasury Secretary to mint coins in commemoration of the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AR

Jet, July 11, 2005 by Simeon Booker

Congress quietly is considering a resolution to require the U.S. Treasury Secretary to mint coins in commemoration of the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AR. The event marked a victory for the NAACP's Daisy Bates and the heroic nine Black students, after a long history-making campaign ...

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