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Author: Jasper Colt, USA TODAY

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An all-ages drag brunch in Texas: Protesters and armed supporters

December 31, 2022Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on An all-ages drag brunch in Texas: Protesters and armed supporters

Protesters against an all-ages drag brunch in Roanoke, Texas, pushed the town into the middle of a larger controversy over the issue.

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Loudoun County, Va. voters weigh in on education issues and upcoming elections

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on Loudoun County, Va. voters weigh in on education issues and upcoming elections

After the Virginia election of Republican governor Glenn Youngkin, voters from Loudoun County address the issue that matters most to them: education.

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Student expelled for her sit-in arrest inspired high school walkout and more protests

October 3, 2021Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on Student expelled for her sit-in arrest inspired high school walkout and more protests

After Brenda Travis was expelled from high school for her arrest for joining a sit-in, more than 100 Black fellow students walked out in protest.

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Burning of Freedom Riders’ bus by white supremacists shocked the world

October 3, 2021Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on Burning of Freedom Riders’ bus by white supremacists shocked the world

On May 14, 1961, outside Anniston, Alabama, Hank Thomas and other Freedom Riders huddled on a Greyhound bus as a white mob threw a firebomb inside.

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Black student read-in at ‘whites only” public library helped end segregation in libraries

October 3, 2021Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on Black student read-in at ‘whites only” public library helped end segregation in libraries

Nine Black college students staged a read-in at the “whites only” public library in Jackson, Mississippi, sparking a campaign that would energize students across Mississippi.

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Attempt to integrate the University of Georgia in 1961 was met by an angry mob

September 22, 2021Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on Attempt to integrate the University of Georgia in 1961 was met by an angry mob

When Charlayne Hunter enrolled at the all-white University of Georgia, a crowd formed outside her dorm, pelting her room with bricks and bottles.

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A sit-in by students at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961 led to ‘jail-no-bail’ strategy

September 22, 2021Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on A sit-in by students at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961 led to ‘jail-no-bail’ strategy

The Friendship Nine were sentenced to 30 days of hard labor on a chain gang and the “jail-no-bail” movement was born.

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In Brooklyn Center, police disperse protesters, corral and photograph media

April 16, 2021Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on In Brooklyn Center, police disperse protesters, corral and photograph media

Protests continued Friday night after the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. Minnesota State Troopers corralled media and photographed their faces and identification.

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Can the traumas of COVID-19 make us stronger?

April 8, 2021Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on Can the traumas of COVID-19 make us stronger?

Survivors of trauma and experts explore the chance for post-traumatic growth (PTG) from the traumas of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Migrant families share what drove them to leave home and what awaited them at the border

March 27, 2021Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on Migrant families share what drove them to leave home and what awaited them at the border

Migrant families in shelters, in both Texas and Mexico, describe what drove them to leave their homes and what awaited them here at the border.

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