REUNION RECALLS BENEFITS OF SEGREGATED SCHOOLS

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Sunday, August 31, 1997

CAIRO, Ill. -- There are many positive reasons for having integrated schools, but graduates of Cairo's all-black Sumner High School believe that segregated schools had some advantages that today's students are missing.

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