Both the cheerleading and dance programs have been among the nation’s most successful in competitions over the past decade, with the large cheer squad recently winning its 10th consecutive National Cheerleading Association championship.
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Dean Smith and a civil rights legacy – ESPN
They had their own all-black cheerleading squad. Unlike some Kansas high schools in similar situations, however, Topeka High did help the Ramblers to some degree. It provided them with uniforms and with buses for away games, as they played in an …
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Newseum to hold forum honoring Freedom Riders of the civil rights era – The Republic
Once in high school, Paula Stern was told that she couldn’t try out for cheerleading because the squad “already had a Jew.” Racists left death threats in the family’s mailbox after a newspaper story was published about Gerald Stern’s work as a young …
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Freedom Riders at the Newseum to discuss Civil Rights movement – Washington Post
Once in high school, Paula Stern was told that she couldn’t try out for cheerleading because the squad “already had a Jew.” Racists left death threats in the family’s mailbox after a newspaper story was published about Gerald Stern’s work as a young …
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