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The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
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Released: 2023-09-12
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Homepage: https://www.wgbh.org/tv-shows/american-experience/the-harvest-integrating-mississippis-schools
Studios: American Experience Films, Five Dollar Films, GBH,
In The Harvest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland, Mississippi. After the 1954 Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, little more than token efforts were made to desegregate Southern schools. That changed dramatically on October 29, 1969, when the high court ordered that Mississippi schools to fully — and immediately — desegregate. As a result, a group of children, including six-year-old Blackmon, became part of the first class of Black and white children who would attend all 12 grades together in Leland.