Retired educator shares story of fight for desegregation

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Whether his audience is a large group or a single listener, Julian Prince speaks with precision and passion, especially if the subject is the desegregation of Mississippi schools.

It's no surprise.

Prince was, after all, a key player in this important part of his state's history.

And now the 91-year-old retired educator has told his story in a book, "Balancing the Scales: A Turbulent Age of Mississippi History During School Integration."

Why now?

"I thought an accurate story from an insider's viewpoint needed to be written about school desegregation," he said.