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Charles Sumner: “That the custom of separation on account of color must disappear from our public schools, as it has from our halls of…”

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That the custom of separation on account of color must disappear from our public schools, as it has from our halls of justice and of legislation, we regard as but a question of time.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that racial segregation in public schools is a temporary issue that will eventually be resolved.

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