Martha and Berda Lum: The Chinese American Schoolchildren Who Fought to Desegregate Southern Schools
Nine-year-old Martha Lum arrived for the first day of school at Mississippi’s Rosedale consolidated high school in 1924. It was …
Nine-year-old Martha Lum arrived for the first day of school at Mississippi’s Rosedale consolidated high school in 1924. It was …
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