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Not so long ago, the chairs in this one-room schoolhouse -- Boyds Negro School in Boyds, Md. -- were filled with eager black students. (Photo courtesy Boyds Clarksburg Historical Society)  5.21.04 - Maryland's Flagship Campus Growing More Diverse, But Problems Linger - By Charmere Gatson 5.21.04 - Academic Programs Targeting Black Boys Fall Off, But Some Predict a Resurgence - By Jessica Shyu 5.5.04 - Montgomery Man Recalls Rough Spots of Racial Integration - By Daina Klimanis 5.4.04 - Half-Century After Brown Ruling, New Inequalities Take Root in State's Schools - By Melissa McGrath 4.30.04 - Student's Fight to Integrate Harford High School Would Be Just First of Many - By Melissa McGrath 4.30.04 - 'Deliberate Speed' of School Desegregation Varied Widely Across Maryland - By Melissa McGrath 4.21.04 - While Teaching About School Integration, One Maryland Teacher Shares Personal Experiences - By Charmere Gatson 4.19.04 - Newsrooms Make Strides Toward Diversity, But Need to Do More, Panel Says - By Lisa D. Tossey 4.16.04 - Panel Calls for Re-integration of Schools, Neighborhoods - By Jessica Shyu 4.2.04 - Black History Subjects To Pilot In Maryland Schools This Fall - By Charmere Gatson 3.18.04 - Bus Tour Spotlights Segregated Schools of Montgomery County's Past - By Charmere Gatson 3.5.04 - Tour Repaints Montgomery County School Days of 1950s: ( 2:17 minutes) Some Marylanders got a ticket to ride down memory lane.  By Shivangi  Parikh  2.27.04 - Students, Professionals Discuss Brown Decision's Impact: ( 2:22 minutes) They might not need to walk a mile to go to school any more. But how much have things really changed for African-Americans? By Shivangi  Parikh

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Published March 2004; Last updated May 21, 2004.

Special Report produced by Charmere Gatson. Edited for the Web by Chris Harvey. Edited for TV by Dave Burns. Edited for print (CNS stories) by Steve Crane. Banner photo courtesy Joseph Douglas Collection, Kansas Collection, Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries