Dr. Vickie Markavitch was the superintendent for Oakland County for 11 years, then worked as a consultant for five years in education, according to a release from the district.
The cause of death wasn’t released by the family. He was 84.
Hatchett was one of two young lawyers who filed a federal lawsuit against Pontiac Public Schools in 1968 to end its segregation practices.
When U.S. District Judge Damon Keith ruled in their favor, requiring busing to end the segregation, it marked the first such legal victory in a northern state.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled state laws allowing school segregation were unconstitutional, was issued in 1954.
“He was a fighter for justice,” Pontiac Mayor Deirdre Waterman said about Hatchett. “He was a great man and a hero to the people of Pontiac.”
Pontiac nonprofit bringing music to your ears while raising funds to strengthen youth and community
If itâs true that music is the soundtrack of your life, then for these Pontiac students, that soundtrack is as wide-ranging as it comes.
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PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) â If itâs true that music is the soundtrack of your life, then for these Pontiac students, that soundtrack is as wide-ranging as it comes.
Whether itâs the traditional clarinet and tuba, or bells and buckets, the instruments have transformed into friends of sorts to the kids who use them.