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TIL that in 1957, the town of Pleasanton, Texas voted overwhelmingly to desegregate its public schools. The vote (and entirely peaceful subsequent integration of African American students) bewildered the press and gained national attention as it occurred around the same time as the Little Rock Nine.

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