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FRONTLINE PBS May 6, 2024

Watch a Clip From ‘Separate and Unequal’ | From the Archives | FRONTLINE

Summary

The transcript explores the ongoing struggle for educational equity in Baton Rouge, focusing on a single mother's efforts to provide her children with better educational opportunities through integrated schools and the controversial movement to create a new, predominantly white city called St. George. The narrative highlights the historical context of school segregation and the current challenges faced by minority communities in accessing quality education. Ultimately, the story reveals deep-seated racial and socioeconomic tensions as residents seek to address perceived failures in the public school system by potentially forming a new, more affluent municipal entity.

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