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Alan Richard

Alan Richard writes about the South and rural America for Education Week, the leading national K-12 education newspaper. A South Carolina native and former journalist there, he is writing a book about Summerton's role in the Brown v. Board cases, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the court decision.

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  • The Heat of Summerton

    April 15, 2004

    Racial tensions still simmer in the rural county where Brown was born.

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