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the black student population increased significantly at
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Southwest High School was established in 1927. From the 1930s through the 1960s, the school was recognized as one of the top schools in the area. For five decades, Southwest High School had a predominantly white student body. In the late 1960s, a few black students began attending. During the 1970s
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Southwest Charter
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