Source: United States Senator for Delaware Christopher Coons
CLAYMONT, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) spoke today at a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Claymont High School’s desegregation in defiance of state officials. The school’s actions would ultimately lead to a Delaware court case that would become part of Brown v. Board of Education at the U.S. Supreme Court.
“There’s a simple lesson for our elementary school students: people will divide us if we let them; people will deny us history if we let them. There is a beautiful chapter of American history right here,” said Senator Coons. “If we choose to embrace each other, live together, see each other as citizens who belong in our community regardless of perspective or worldview, if we would open our hearts to each other, we will have a stronger, more vibrant, more just, more democratic society. That begins by knowing our history, and with the platform of that history, we can continue to make change together.”
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