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Desegregation Struggles Persist in Bowman S C
In Bowman South Carolina the public schools remain de facto segregated with black students in underfunded district schools and white students in Bowman Academy a private segregationist school run by a white majority on the school board. Federal Title I funds were misused prompting state findings and a board firing. Black residents say whites control schooling and seek to keep public schools weak while private academy enrolls 178 students.
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Bowman
S.C
Supreme Court
Little Rock
Ole Miss
South
Bowman Academy
Public
William G. Harden
Harden
South Carolina Department of Education
Bowman School Board
W.L. Carter
Carter
James West
Quincy Smith
Bowman Naacp
Smith
West
Hayes Mizell
American Friends Service Committee
South Carolina
Mizell
H. Timrod Austin
Austin
Southern Methodist Church
Larry W. Patrick
The
Methodist Church Board
Patrick
Bowman Memorial
Helen Summers
New York
Mrs. Summers
Academy