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The Kanawha County Textbook Controversy entered a four-day period of extreme violence with the nighttime dynamiting and firebombing of several school buildings
In 1974, Kanawha County was polarized by disagreement over the selection of textbooks for the 46,000 students attending the county's 124 public schools. It began in April, when the five-member Kanawha County Board of Education voted unanimously to...
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