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Arizona School Board Postpones Ethnic Studies Vote

HeadlineMay 06, 2011

In Arizona, the Tucson Unified School board has postponed a vote on terminating Ethnic and Mexican American Studies as an accredited program. At a board meeting Tuesday night, Tuscon police removed a 69-year-old activist and educator who had asked to read a passage by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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