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    Lucile Bluford

    Lucile Harris Bluford (July 1, – June 13, ) was a journalist and opponent of segregation in America's education system, and after whom the Lucile H. Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library is named.[1][2]

    Early life

    Lucile Bluford was born on July 1, , in Salisbury, North Carolina, to John Henry Bluford and Viola Harris Bluford.[3] Her father was a professor at the state's Agricultural and Technical College.[4] In when Bluford was 10, and upon the death of his mother, John Bluford accepted a position teaching science at Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri.[5][6] Bluford attended Wendell Phillips Elementary and Lincoln High School.

    At a young age, she was exposed to segregated education, as Missouri was a Jim Crow state that adhered to "separate but equal" doctrine.[5]

    Career

    Bluford was encouraged in her interest in journalism by a high school English teacher, Trussie