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How May Justus Broke Racial Barriers

By Robin Bates | Published: March 11, 2025

May Justus’s “New Boy in School” broke new racial ground when it was published in 1963. The book is dedicated to me and my brothers.

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My Town’s Desegregation Battles

By Robin Bates | Published: January 20, 2014

Yesterday Sewanee, Tennessee had a ceremony honoring those families, including my own, involved in a historic civil rights suit 50 years ago.

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