Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Race Barrier Stubborn in North as Desegregation Stalls

Across the Mason-Dixon line barriers to desegregation remain solid and are being rebuilt in the North. The U S office for civil rights released figures showing Southern states have fewer Black pupils in all black schools and a widening gap in integrated schools. Pottinger notes the North shows progress unclear and border states show surprising shifts with increases in Black pupils in segregated schools in Delaware Kentucky Maryland Missouri Oklahoma and West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The report covers 2 700 Southern pupils and finds 4 2 percent in all black schools versus 12 percent in the North and West.