John Brummett writes about a little ceremony in Charleston this weekend — former Sen. Dale Bumpers will be on hand because he was a key player — to commemorate the occasion 53 years ago when the school district there became the first in the state to comply with Brown v. Board of Education and end segregated schools. It’s a good story.

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