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LaTonya Kirkland, right, and her daughter LaShawn have been directly affected by Indianapolis' decades-long effort to desegregate the city's schools. LaTonya was part of the first class of students to be bused to Perry Township from IPS back in the 1980s, and LaShawn was in the last class. She graduated this spring from Southport High School.