Mamie Till Mobley

"There was an important mission for me, to shape so many...young minds as a teacher. God took away one child but...(gave) me thousands. And I have been grateful for the blessing." Mamie Till Mobley

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Alabama law targets immigrant school children

A classroom in Birmingham, AL.
(Photo: Terry McCombs/flickr)
"Last Friday, close to 2,000 Latino students in Alabama didn’t show up at school. That is roughly five percent of the Latino children in the school system. Their parents kept their children away out of fear – twenty-four hours earlier, Alabama had begun asking students for papers," according to the online publication Feet in 2 Worlds.
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Whitney Tilson (3rd background)

Whitney Tilson (3rd background)
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Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan
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