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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1964

Page

7

Demos Back Court Ruling On Apportionment At Atlantic City

Atlantic City AP—Democratic platform writers hear mayoral leaders urge strong backing for the Supreme Court ruling that state legislatures must be apportioned by population. Tucker and other mayors push for a civil rights plank while Congress debates curbing court reapportionment powers and constitutional amendments. Governors meet Johnson amid mixed Southern support.

Atlantic City N.J Supreme Court St. Louis Platform Writers Raymond R. Tucker Congress Tucker Platform Committee High Court House Senate Republican National Convention Department of Community Development James H. J. Tate Philadelphia Carl Sanders Georgia Sanders South

Desegregation Quietly Begins in Jackson Schools

In Jackson Mississippi the public school system desegregated with 43 Negro children enrolling in eight previously all white elementary schools. Overall, total enrollments were below forecasts with 567 Negro first-graders at all Negro schools and 1,705 white students out of an expected 2,000 amid a four-hour registration period. Civil rights leaders offered no explanation for the lower turnout.

Jackson Mississippi

Mississippi schools set desegregation dates across districts

Week at Biloxi marks start of desegregated schooling as two other districts plan integration. Leake County and Clarksdale will begin first grade in September, with Clarksdale extending integration to second grade in February. No Negroes have yet attended with whites under the order. Negroes have only registered locally and at Biloxi. Classes begin September 14 in Jackson area, and Biloxi schools open August 31. Mississippi was last to desegregate tax supported facilities below college level.

Biloxi Leake County Clarksdale Mississippi

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