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Unique Experiment Begins In American Education
Farmville Virginia begins a countywide private white school system to avoid integration. One thousand five hundred white pupils start, while 1,709 Black children attend no public option. Private schools open in churches and halls. some Negro leaders seek scholarships to continue schooling elsewhere.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
Arthur Flemming
Prince
Edward
Flemming
Washington
Virginia
Prince Edward Academy
Farmville High School
Kittrell College
Kittrell
N. C
Francis Griffin
Negro First Baptist Church
Fannville
Griffin