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Virginia House passes two anti integration bills in 1940s style
The Virginia House advanced key measures linked to school integration with the governor in charge of pupil placement. One bill would permit state funds to aid private schools to evade integrated public schools, while another envisaged a state run program to reopen segregated schools under police power. Debate highlighted opposition over local control versus state supervision and possible federal court actions.
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Pia Fe
Del
Robert Whitehead
Whitehead
EB. B. Moore
Moore
Virginia
House
del. Lewis McMurran
Senate
E. 0. McCue
Charlottes
Donald Richberg
McMurran
Omer Hirst
Fairfax
Sac
Rembly
Bcate
Mumber
Iieraid Whitehead
McMurtan
de Hirst
Mann
iTilener
Shaffer
K. Stone
Webb Land
Winston
Adams
Alexander
al Jen
Bailey
Blackburn
Boatwright
Brown
Cantrell
Carnenl
W. F. J Garter
Cleaton
Cohoon
Compton
Cooke
Cras Daniel
R. B. Davis
Elliot
F Gordon
Gould Green
C.D. Gregory
Harper