Alfred L. Cobbs Recalls the Day Prince Edward County Closed Its Schools to Fight Mandatory Integration — and the Families Who Took In Those Lost Students

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                <h1>Alfred L. Cobbs Recalls the Day Prince Edward County Closed Its Schools to Fight Mandatory Integration — and the Families Who Took In Those Lost Students</h1>

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