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Civil rights leader Whitney M. Young, Jr., who led the National Urban League for 11 years, was born on this date in 1921 in Lincoln Ridge, KY.

Ed Secretary Talks Reforms

POSTED: February 17, 2011, 12:00 am

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The Secretary of Education shares his thoughts on diversity in education, teachers and teaching, and the achievement gap in public education.





Source: U.S. Department of Education

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