Image Above: "Student Body Photo May 3. 1938. Chinese Mission School." Courtesy http://mississippideltachinese.webs.com
Although the Lum children never returned to Rosedale, they helped pave the way for future Chinese-Americans to attend the schools in their hometowns, just like everyone else. In 1941, a Clarksdale, MS, girl won her petition to attend a white school with the support of many white people from her church. A decade later, her cousins also won the right to attend there. After Brown, the Chinese Mission Schools were no longer necessary.
"As Civil Rights came to the Delta, younger generations of Chinese and African-Americans left. Their departure was another, this time ironic, legacy of Gong Lum v. Rice."-Edward White. 
"In 1941, Henry and Edith Jew (Jue), accompanied May (Magen) on the first day of class to the white school, Oakhurst Elementary School, Clarksdale, MS." -John Jung, Image courtesy of Betty Jue Dickard.
"In 1941, the school board in Clarksdale, MS, denied a petition supported by the Clarksdale Baptist Church pastor and 88 citizens for admission of the 7-yr-old daughter May (Magen) of Henry and Edith Jue to a white school for the 1941-42 school year. However, the School Board reconsidered and in the fall granted her conditional admission to a white school in Rosedale." -John Jung 
"Kate Lum and Martha Lum Gee today,"- 1983, courtesy of Sandra Wong der Bing, Southwest Chinese Journal.
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Video Clip Above: “In the early 1950s, after the Chinese Mission Schools closed, children of Chinese descent were allowed to attend public schools in Cleveland. Among the first Chinese students to attend the Cleveland public schools were Virginia Wong, in the elementary school, and Doris Lum, in the high school.” -From Honor and Duty: The Mississippi Delta Chinese, A Three-Part Documentary Series, narrated by E. Samantha Cheng, (C) Heritage Series, LLC, 2016. All rights reserved. 
"In 2012, the Clarksdale newspaper gave recognition of the breaking of the racial barriers at school by the Jue family, paving the way for other Chinese children in the following years." -John Jung. Image courtesy of Betty Jue Dickard.
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