Jeffersonville, Indiana

==== End of segregation ====
Jeffersonville ended [[Racial segregation|segregation]] in its public schools in 1952, two years before the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] case ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' ruled that segregation was [[Constitutionality|unconstitutional]]. Prior to this, [[Jeffersonville High School]] was reserved for white high school students. Meanwhile, black students in grades one through twelve were sent to Taylor High School.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reel|first=Greta|date=May 12, 2020|title=The History and Legacy of Jeffersonville's Taylor High School|url=https://thehyphennews.com/2020/05/12/taylor-high-school-jeffersonville/|access-date=October 8, 2021|website=JHS Hyphen Newspaper|language=en|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008202051/https://thehyphennews.com/2020/05/12/taylor-high-school-jeffersonville/|url-status=live}}</ref> While the [[The New York Times|New York Times]] held up Jeffersonville as a model for all "southern-minded" cities, integration came at a cost. Though black students were allowed to attend the newly integrated Jeffersonville High School, black instructors previously employed at Taylor High School were terminated.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stepro|first=Diane|title=Taylor High School - Segregated Education in Jeffersonville, 1872-1954|url=https://publichistory.iupui.edu/items/show/563|access-date=October 8, 2021|website=Discover Indiana|language=en|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008202051/https://publichistory.iupui.edu/items/show/563|url-status=live}}</ref>

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