<p>Boston abolitionist Charles Sumner championed equality before the law long before Brown v. Board. A new biography reveals his overlooked fight for school desegregation and justice in America.
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Boston abolitionist Charles Sumner championed equality before the law long before Brown v. Board. A new biography reveals his overlooked fight for school desegregation and justice in America.

New book tells the story of a Mass. senator who pushed for school integration a century before it became reality

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New book tells the story of a Mass. senator who pushed for school integration a century before it became reality

New book tells the story of a Mass. senator who pushed for school integration a century before it became reality

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