Desegregation and Disney

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WUCF Marching Forward Central Florida segregation New York City World’s Fair race relations Orlando Florida Sunbelt High School Marching Band African American History Civil Rights Movement Edgewater High School Jones High School desegregation and disney Florida history Orlando history Jones High Marching Tiger Band James W Wilson Chief Wilson black high school Edgewater High Del Kieffner white high school marching bands World's Fair New York World's Fair 1964 civil rights segregated South segregated Orlando segregated education Old South New South
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History-Social Science The Arts
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Desegregation and Disney

If Orlando and St. Augustine, a city 100 miles north, had experienced the same kind of race relations, then it is possible the Walt Disney Company would never have considered building a theme park. Learn about the changes after Edgewater and Jones High students returned from the New York World's Fair.
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PBS Learning Media

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