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06 Sep

The Kanawha Circuit Court issued an injunction prohibiting protesters from interfering with the operation of schools

In 1974, Kanawha County was polarized by disagreement over the selection of textbooks for the 46,000 students attending the county's 124 public schools. It began in April, when the five-member Kanawha County Board of Education voted unanimously to...

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