Charles Sumner: “But among us little children are turned away and forbidden at the door…”

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But among us little children are turned away and forbidden at the door of the common school, because of the skin.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the discrimination faced by children of color in accessing public education.

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Charles Sumner: “But among us little children are turned away and forbidden at the door of the common school, because of the skin.”