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been to
sch • .L'·
00 e lUell
remained 0
ing for many on
. Threquinta Th pson
who is a p aintiff in the nit said
be . the i ue is bo h .
challe�ng racism d seeking
qu lity education. Ms.
Thompso in referring to her
ughter, 0 is in high school
led, I'm trying to get her int�
a 001 that will better educate
er for r life' dult."
Kansa City's magnet
schools are being transformed
into pccializeds choo that
tress mathematics, computer
cvelopmcnt and forcign lan­
guo gcs. Judgc Clark had or-
dcred th t each magnet chool
have an enrollment of t least
ixty percent r ci I and ethnic
. nd forty percent ite, Yet,
today many of the magtnet
h Is re incre: ing their en­
rollment of vhitc hile ex­
cluding African American
tudcn
Thi ituation only shows
th�t the struggle for justice and
Cairn is a constant truggle.
Although many battles for ra­
cial justice have been on in the
P��l, even in cities Ii e Kan as
City, we mus never rest on our
laur.el or as ume th t the strug­
gle I. complete. We still have a
I?ng way to go to ard equal jus­
llC� and full equality in thi
rcty,
But to be ure, no committed
per. on in thi land should stand
for the raci t treatment of
children �rying ou for n equa]
nd quality cdu ion. We must
sound the trumpet gain:
City, here come."
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