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Civil Rights Leaders Say Segregation Persists in U S Schools
A panel of civil rights leaders warns that de facto segregation remains nationwide in 1975, with Southern schools desegregated legally but still facing racial tensions and unequal learning conditions. They credit slight gains in Southern black education while noting private Northern schools and residential patterns sustain separation. Distinguished voices include Dr. Kenneth Clark Dr. Martin Deutsch and James Farmer with NAACP leader Roy Wilkins urging reform of textbooks and housing patterns.
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Dolores Barclay
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Kenneth Clark
City University of New York
Clark
Brown
Topeka Board of Education
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North
Martin Deutsch
New York University
U.S. Office of Civil Rights
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Council On Minority Planning and Strategy