Erica Frankenberg

Pennsylvania State University

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Assistant Professor at Penn State's Department of Education Policy Studies

Erica Frankenberg on KCRW

In 1954, the US Supreme Court ruled that legally segregated public schools deprived African Americans of their 14th Amendment guarantee of an equal education.

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In 1954, the US Supreme Court ruled that legally segregated public schools deprived African Americans of their 14th Amendment guarantee of an equal education.

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