History GCSE
Educational desegregation
What Educational desegregation means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Educational desegregation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The struggle to desegregate higher education in the US South, which the James Meredith case of 1962 highlights.
Topics that use Educational desegregation
- Option 33: Key topic 2: Protest, progress and radicalism, 1960–75 - 1 Developments, 1960–62 ● The significance of Greensboro and the sit-in movement. (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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