Mississippi schools begin integration in black-majority districts
Wilkinson County starts under court order with almost all white students absent. In Columbia and other districts, desegregation unfolds amid white flight and private schooling. Officials report calm conditions, with attendance mixed as communities navigate the new system and its challenges.
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Jackson, Miss
Wilkinson County
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Frank Dunbaugh
Justice Department
Columbia High School
Columbia
A. [J. Koon
Noxubee County
Canton
Madison County
Rosa Scott School
Wilkston County
Alie County
Bernard Waites
Private White Schools Mushroom in Dixie
Private white schools are rapidly expanding across the South in informal venues like churches and basements. Estimates show Alabama with about 270 private schools and growing. Mississippi about 11 new schools. Georgia reports 20 to 100 new schools since 1964. Florida lists 77 in 1964 and 383 in 1969, though records are incomplete. North Carolina totals reach 260 with 30 new schools, and South Carolina has 35 in the Independent Schools association formed after integration.
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Wilkinson County
Woodville
Dunbaugh
Justice Department
South
Alabama
State Education Department
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Georgia
Allen Smith
Ao Cheek
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina Association of Independent Schools
Pasadena Western district faces desegregation suit over schools
In Pasadena a Justice Department desegregation suit challenges the school board over timetables and plans for total integration. HEW cites nine Civil Rights Act violations including inferior facilities and imbalanced staffing at Negro schools. Board officials claim the government seeks to impose a sweeping deadline and dismantle neighborhood school patterns.
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Mississippi
Pasadena
Tialia U.S. District Court
Los Angeles
Pasadena Board of Education
Justice Department
Justice
Ment
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Chicago
Tulsa
Ohla
U.S. Court of Appeals
Joseph Ingholm
Engholm
Total Integra
Engholim
Jour Pollock
Pasadena Board
U.S. District Court
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Archie Johnson
Tommy Barber
Oud
B. J. Oswalt
Columbia Orientation Assembly
Oswalt
John J. Jefferson School
Johnson
Marion County
Natchez ‘Trave Village
Jackson
Dixie
Associated Press
U.S
Combined News Services
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