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Desegregation urges speed in South and nation
A Civil Rights Commission report argues federal action remains inadequate to end racial barriers in 1966 67. It urges faster desegregation, wider school action for damages and injunctive relief, and calls for new funding to enforce Civil Rights laws amid harassment against Black students and families. The piece also covers Indiana prosecutor events and a debate over the use of federal troops in riots.
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Civil Rights Body
Congress
South
Indiana
Supreme Rooms
As Signi Sons
Chillin
U.S
Madison County
Desegret Commission
Sama
IPA
John J. Dillon
Anthony Kuharich
Richard DeTar
John “Ruby
Prosecutors
Tunch
Holiday Inn
Henry Kowalczyk
Frank J. Kelley
Michigan
Lawler
Charles A. Davis
Indi‘lana
Southern
Nefro
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Florida
Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee
Virginia
Maryland
Oklahoma
Commission
Joha A. Hannah
Michigan State University