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Central High 18 years after desegregation in Little Rock
Eighteen years after federal intervention nine blacks enrolled at Little Rock Central High School. District desegregation now 51 percent black, but violence seen as future threat. Suspensions heavily skew black. district reports 580 black male suspensions and 180 black female suspensions vs 123 white male and 31 white female suspensions through March 28. School leaders defend suspension policy as nonracial, while NAACP protests disproportionality. CARE announces Mother’s Day plan to aid destitute mothers. two women enter Washington State Patrol cadet class for first time.
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Little Rock
Fisenhower
National Guard
Little Rock Central High School
John W. Walker
Paul Fait
National Association For the Advancement At Colored People
COS Justice Department
Tive
Rspors
Washington Patrol
Olympia
Wash
Washington State Patrol
Kathy Swanson
Seattle
Carel Pemberton
Acura
Patrol
Miss Swanson
Ingi Asad
Tacoma
Petibyetun
Hair
WSP
Academy
Uley