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Board accused for delaying integration at Little Rock Central High
James Marlow reports the Little Rock School Board urged the Supreme Court to delay integration for 20 years citing post–desegregation trouble. Rankin and Thurgood Marshall argued for immediate resumption, while Chief Justice Warren pressed on deferral questions and the court set Sept 8 11 procedures.
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