Mississippi school integration lags in black majority areas
In Wilkinson County Mississippi on the first day after Christmas holidays only a sixth grade girl and her fourth grade brother attended classes under court-ordered integration. Officials report calm conditions with no violence and note other districts held orientation sessions as counts of white defections are expected later in the week.
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Wilkinson County
Oes
Woodville
Dunbaugh
Justice Department
Lowinson County
Private White Schools Mushroom Across the South
The report notes a surge in private white schools in Southern states amid desegregation pressure. Estimates show Alabama may have 270 private schools, Mississippi 100 new openings, Georgia near 100, and Florida with 377 to 385 though incomplete due to registration gaps. North Carolina reports 200 total. In Mississippi and rural areas, court ordered desegregation affects 68,000 Black and 55,000 White students across 220 districts, with many White students moving to private or all-Black campuses. Some families plan to stay in public schools, while transfer students increase.
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South
Alabama
State Education Department
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Georgia
A Piateens
Florida
North Carolina
Columbia
A. R. Koon
Noxubee County
Canton
Natchez Trace Village
Jackson
Madison County
Pasadena Board in West Coast Integration Case
The Pasadena Board of Education and the Justice Department clash over a timetable for full integration in a landmark federal suit filed in Los Angeles. HEW findings allege segregated facilities, unequal teaching staff, and gerrymandered areas, with seven similar suits nationwide.
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U.S. District Court
Los Angeles
West Coast
Pasadena Board of Education
Justice Department
Justice Depart
Ment
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Pasadena
Chicago
Tulsa
Okla
U.S. Court of Appeals
Joseph Engholm
Pasadena Board
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Archie Johnson
John J. Jefferson
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Miss
Dixie
Associated Press
Rosa Scott
Wilkiston County
Bernard Waites
U.S
Combined News Services
Engholm
John Pollock
the Schools Board
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