Latino influx tests areas tolerant roots - Covert Township, Michigan

Posted on: February 1st, 2007
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“This rural township that fronts Lake Michigan in Van Buren County has been known for defying social conventions ever since it became a model of racial integration in the post-Civil War era.

The community of 3,141 elected a black man to oversee highways when it was illegal for blacks to hold office in Michigan and integrated its schools when that was also against the law.”

Source: http://www.detnews.com
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