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Negroes Among Graduates In Some Southern Cities For First Time
AP report notes desegregation milestones as three Negroes graduated from Birmingham formerly all white schools. In Little Rock a Negro girl, Jacquelyn Evans, earned highest honors and presidential scholar status at a predominantly white school. Willie Strawter in Tampa was the first Negro to graduate Thomas Jefferson High with an A average and plans science study at Stetson University. Arkansas shows 20 Negroes among 1,516 total graduates in Little Rock.
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Atlanta, Ga
Birmingham
Ala
Little Rock
Ark
Jacquelyn Faye Evans
Little Rock Hall High
Tampa
Fla
Willie Strawter
Thomas Jefferson High
Strawter
Stetson University
DeLand
Arkansas
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