Chicagoans go to court to stop racist school closings

After the Civil War freed slaves demanded that schools be established as a tool of liberation. With the help of the Freedman's Bureau and hundreds of determined teachers, both black and white, they succeeded in creating the first large scale public education system in the American South.

Both black and white students benefited as the nation struggled to reunite after the costliest war in US history. One might think these African Americans would have received the thanks of a grateful nation and continued to be recognized for that accomplishment...