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The secret stops here: Oak Ridge schools add Oak Ridge 85 to curriculum
The new courses in Oak Ridge will teach middle and high school students about desegregation and Black history in East Tennessee both in class and online. Author: Yvonne Thomas, Elizabeth Sims Published: 3:12 PM EST February 22, 2021 Updated: 9:44 AM EST February 25, 2021
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — In November, WBIR 10News helped share the story of the Oak Ridge 85, the first Black students to integrate schools in the southeast in 1955.
For 65 years, their stories were largely unknown, but the secret in Scarboro stops here. Oak Ridge schools are in the process of adding the 85's story to their curriculum.