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Louisville desegregation bus plan splits city families
In Louisville 12 year olds Mark Jump white and Babbette Norfleet black ride cross town as 22,600 students in a court ordered desegregation busing program reveal mixed reactions. Many kids report little trouble while white and black parents face fear and protests including hate mail and KKK references.
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Louisville
Mark Jump
Mark
Babbette Norfleet
Kentucky
Middletown
Babbette
Kendra Bryant
Louisville Courier Journal
Bryants
Kendra
Gwen Bryant
Ku Klux Klan
National White People's Party
Doris
King’s District
Dianne Guess
Evelyn Ashkenaz
King
Kenneth B. Clark
New York City College
Clark
Josephine Trowel
Trowel
William Horan
Marie Doyle
Public Information
Charlotte
N.C
Walter DeVries
Duke University
DeVries Sai