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Charles Sumner: “The School Committee of Boston act with similar double-edged injustice in sacrificing the colored children to the…”

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The School Committee of Boston act with similar double-edged injustice in sacrificing the colored children to the prejudice or fancied advantage of the white.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes the Boston School Committee for perpetuating racial injustice in education.

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