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Jody Leung, Essay Contest Winner, 17 Years Old, Union City, CA

  • Organization: Essay Contest Winner
  • Author: Jody Leong
  • Date Created: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
  • Submitted: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
  • Attachment(s): HTM
The essay contest winner is seventeen-year-old Jody Leung from Union City, California. Jody's essay is titled "Diversity is Our Strength" and states, "Brown v. Board of Education ... paved the way for integration and the Civil Rights Movement" and "made America a better place." She closes her essay with a call to action: "The time is now and we must encourage racial integration in classrooms."