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First African American students enrolled in white schools

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  • Posted on December 2, 1962
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In the year 1962, the first African American students enrolled in white schools. The desegregation order divided Newtown into four districts and closed the Booker schools. Bay Haven became the first integrated county elementary school and enrolled 29 black students.

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A federal lawsuit was filed when Sarasota County schools refused to desegregate
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