Integration Flaws Cited ; Panel Recalls Local Schools' Experience.

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Columbia Public Schools is still dealing with the fallout of integrating black students into white schools some 50 years ago, and it could take years to undo the damage, a panel of longtime Columbia educators said yesterday.

"There are things our community could have done a little differently to make our kids be successful," said Wynna Faye Elbert, a radio show host. "We lost a lot of our culture because it wasn't carried over into the new schools."

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Integration Flaws Cited ; Panel Recalls Local Schools' Experience.

Elbert joined retired Home School Communicator Beulah Ralph, retired Lee Elementary School teacher Arvarh Strickland and retired Multic...

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