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'Quiet determination:' First student to challenge Raleigh's segregated schools faced lynching threats as a child

Joseph Holt, Jr. and his parents: The first black family to challenge segregation in Raleigh schools. (Image courtesy of Joseph Holt, Jr.)Joe Holt, Jr. was a central figure in the effort to first integrate the Raleigh school system after Brown vs. the Board of Education ruled black students should be able to attend white schools. This is the story of his struggle and of the outcome of his work.
Source: WRAL News

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