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in
as t e fir t and econd
r de . T e method in hich
the chool have d-
mini tered prevented
A ric n merican children
from c n in t eir i ned
cademic level.
e inter ie ed m ny
African I American high
chool enior ho 1 ted
thai they ere forced 10 t y
in "level 3" 1 e entire t elve
years of their education in
the Selma c 001 y tem. .
A a re ult, tee tudent
ere not permilled to take
b ic I ebra or m t em tic
cl e becau e the e ub-
re re erved for "level
dent.
I A
predominantly African
Am'erican i compri e'd of
ix hire nd five African
American The chool
board is ppointed by the
predomin nlly white city
council hich i controlled
by long-time Mayor Joe
Smitherman. Mayor Smither-
m n the mayor of Selma
t enty-five yea a 0 hen
-Bloody Sunday· occurred
cro t e Edmund Peuu
Bridge.
THE CHOOL OA D
ha de rmined that ix
members con titute a
quorum and therefore the
hite members of the chool
board effectively maintain
the racial trac ing sy tem.
A reno ned" ychologi t,
Dr. Bobby Wright. once said
that to' systematically
de troy or to prevent the
development of'a person's
mind i to commit a form of
genocide which he termed
"mentacide. - T enty-five
y ars ago the i sue wa the
right to vote ithout racial
di crimination and intimida­
tion.
Today t e i ue in Selma,
Albama i the ri ht to educa­
tion i thout racial tracking,
di crimin tion and intimida­
tion.
The children of Selma are
p yin a heavy price. Pie e
do not ee lhi j t a local
i ue. e a:e no receiving
call daily from many dif-
ferent commu . le
throughout the count
te tin th t a imilar i I
tracking is occurri g in their
school.
Let the ord 0 out that
e hall challen e thi form
of American apartheid. Yes.
mind i terrible thing to
a te and we cannot allow
the mind of children in
Selma or any herre el e to
be tr c ed and de troyed .:
