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Desegregation Tensions Rise Across Several States
Police dispersed hundreds of white protesters with tear gas in High Point North Carolina during a fourth night of mass demonstrations. In Birmingham Alabama white pupils boycotted West End High and Florence State College admitted a Black student. Chicago saw 4000 white property owners picketing city hall as a housing discrimination ordinance passed. Civil rights activity continued in Columbia South Carolina and New Jersey with desegregation actions and boycotts.
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High Point
N. C
Chicago
North Carolina
West End
West End High
Tuskegee
Alabama
Wendell Wilkie Gunn
Florence State College
Army
Washington
Alabama Army and
Air National Guard
Columbia
S. C
Groes
University of South Carolina
Henri Monteith
Robert G. Anderson
Greenville
Nashville
City Hall
Pieced Seaman
South Lawndale Commission
New Jersey
Jersey City
Plainfield
Elizabeth