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NAPLES, Fla. Two organizations are urging the Collier County Public Schools to forgo having classes in session on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Showing up for Racial Justice SWFL, an organization …
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The Collier County NAACP filed a complaint with Collier County Public Schools on Saturday over the School Board’s decision to hold class on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 15, to make up for academic …
The Collier County School Board is questioning its decision to hold school on Martin Luther King Day after hearing a dozen complaints from community members at Tuesday’s board meeting. The School …
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NAACP Press Statement "Immediate Release October 09, 2017 Florida State Conference NAACP Responds to Collier County School Board’s Decision to Not Observe Martin Luther King Day. What have we come …
It has been 54 years since Joan Trumpauer Mulholland sat in at a segregated lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi, but she still remembers the feeling of her soul leaving her body at the eruption of …
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